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brume.

Mist, fog, vapour.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/bɹuːm//bɹɪu̯m/
  1. Mist, fog, vapour.

    countable · literary · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mreǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰusder. Proto-Italic *breɣʷis Latin brevis Latin brūmabor. Old French brume French brumebor. English brume Borrowed from French brume, from Latin brūma (“winter solstice; winter; winter cold”). Brūma is derived from brevima, brevissima (“shortest”), the superlative of brevis (“brief; short”) (the winter solstice being the shortest day of the year), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“brief, short”).

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