bureau

French

noun
Definitions
  • desk
  • office (room)
  • ticket office
  • the staff of an office
  • office; an administrative unit
  • (obsolete) frieze (coarse woolen cloth)

Etymology

Inherited from Old French burel (woolen cloth, reddish, a kind of coarse woollen cloth) inherited from Latin burra.

Origin

Latin

burra

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