bruit

American  

[broot] / brut /

verb (used with object)

bruits, present (3rd person singular) bruited, past participle, past bruiting present participle

1. to voice abroad; rumor (used chiefly in the passive and often followed byabout ).

   The report was bruited through the village.

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noun

1. Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.

2. Archaic. rumor; report.

3. Archaic. noise; din; clamor.

bruit British  

/ bruːt /

verb

1. to report; rumour

   it was bruited about that the king was dead

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noun

1. med an abnormal sound heard within the body during auscultation, esp a heart murmur

2. archaic

   1. a rumour

   2. a loud outcry; clamour

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• bruiter
  noun

Conjugated Forms

Present

• has bruited
  perfect 3rd person singular
• have bruited
  perfect
• am bruiting
  progressive 1st person singular
• have been bruiting
  perfect progressive
• has been bruiting
  perfect progressive 3rd person singular
• bruits
  singular 3rd person
• is bruiting
  progressive 3rd person singular
• bruiting
  participle
• are bruiting
  progressive

Past

• had bruited
  perfect
• was bruiting
  progressive singular
• were bruiting
  progressive plural
• bruited
  participle
• bruited
  simple
• had been bruiting
  perfect progressive

Future

• will bruit
  simple
• will have bruited
  perfect
• will be bruiting
  progressive
• will have been bruiting
  perfect progressive

Etymology

Origin of bruit

1400–50; late Middle English (noun) < Anglo-French, Old French, noun use of past participle of bruire to roar < Vulgar Latin *brūgere, a conflation of Latin rūgīre to bellow and Vulgar Latin *bragere; see bray ¹

Example Sentences

Exceptions: Your doctor hears a swishing sound, called a bruit, with a stethoscope, or you have had a stroke or mini-stroke.

From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2009

Adding to the bruit of Clemens' "discov ery" was the inclusion in the Carnegie International last fortnight of his largest group painting, Water Music, which is an inept substitute for a snapshot.

From Time Magazine Archive

And in the bruit of a large city, if one voice cries out above the turmoil, will not a babel of shouts rise from competitors ?

From Time Magazine Archive

Les Sauuages de Sillery, au bruit du nauffrage de Monsieur Nicollet, courent sur le lieu, et ne le voyant plus paroistre, en tesmoignent des regrets indicibles.

From History of the Discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 With a Sketch of his Life by Butterfield, Consul Willshire

"Le bruit du gouffre!" said Lacelle again, over and over, as she looked anxiously toward the eastward, where the thick clouds were gathering.

From Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty by Crowninshield, Mrs. Schuyler