Synonyms for brume


Grammar : Noun
Spell : broom
Phonetic Transcription : brum


Définition of brume

Origin :
  • "fog, mist," 1808, from French brume "fog" (14c.), in Old French, "wintertime," from Latin bruma "winter," perhaps with an original sense "season of the shortest day," from *brevima, contracted from brevissima, superlative of brevis "short" (see brief (adj.)).
  • noun fog
Example sentences :
  • "Brume brume on hill," is also mentioned in the Complayat of Scotland.
  • Extract from : « Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Vol. II (of 3) » by Walter Scott
  • It lifts its heavy bracts of flattened bloom Against the sky Hazily grey with brume.
  • Extract from : « Goblins and Pagodas » by John Gould Fletcher
  • The possibilities of each night were doomed by the French report, "Brume dans les valles!"
  • Extract from : « 'Green Balls' » by Paul Bewsher

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