Bruit is an English word with synonyms like rumor or rumour. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Bruit meaning
- Hearsay, rumour; talk; (countable) an instance of this.
- A clamour, an outcry; a noise.
Using Bruit
- The main meaning on this page is: Hearsay, rumour; talk; (countable) an instance of this. | A clamour, an outcry; a noise.
- Useful related words include: rumor, rumour, dish the dirt, gossip.
Context around Bruit
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bruit
- In this selection, "bruit" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, term and french stand out and add context to how "bruit" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include the term bruit french for and world will bruit as i. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bruit" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bruit
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It has been given the term "bruit", French for noise. (10 words)
The greatness and the suddenness of the misfortune doth so perplex me, until I do hear from you how the matter standeth, or how this evil should light upon me, considering what the malicious world will bruit, as I can take no rest. (43 words)
The greatness and the suddenness of the misfortune doth so perplex me, until I do hear from you how the matter standeth, or how this evil should light upon me, considering what the malicious world will bruit, as I can take no rest. (43 words)
It has been given the term "bruit", French for noise. (10 words)
Example sentences (2)
It has been given the term "bruit", French for noise.
The greatness and the suddenness of the misfortune doth so perplex me, until I do hear from you how the matter standeth, or how this evil should light upon me, considering what the malicious world will bruit, as I can take no rest.