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brume

Pronunciation: /bɹuːm/

The English word “brume” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. Mist, fog, vapour.

Etymology

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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