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brouiller.

to blur

9 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/bʁu.je/
  1. to blur

  2. to mix up, confuse

  3. to scramble (an egg)

  4. to set at odds, put (someone) off (something)

  5. to jam (a transmission), to scramble (a message)

  6. to become blurred, get mixed up

    reflexive
  7. to fall out

    reflexive
  8. to cloud over

    reflexive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French brouiller, from Old French brouiller, from Vulgar Latin *brodiculāre, from *brodicāre (compare Lombard brodigar (“to soil, pollute”)), from Late Latin brodium (“broth, stew, mixture”), from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“stock, broth”). More at English broth, broil.

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