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bureau.

desk

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/byˈroː/
  1. desk

    neuter
  2. office, office building (especially office buildings for writing and publishing journalism and literature, or the police station as a building)

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  3. agency (government organisation, such as a police station: "politiebureau"; a scientific or humanities research institute: "onderzoeksbureau"; political party think tank: "wetenschappelijk bureau")

    neuter
  4. company (in design, engineering, journalism, communications, marketing, market/opinion research), agency (doing business for another, such as an advertising agency: "reclamebureau"; a news agency: "persbureau")

    neuter
Where this word comes from

Unadapted borrowing from French bureau, from Middle French burel, from Old French burel.

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