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  brut

  adjective

  (of wine, especially champagne) very dry.
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  Brut

  noun

  any of a number of partly legendary, partly historical chronicles dealing with early English history, written during the Middle Ages and usually beginning with Brutus, the mythic and eponymous ancestor of the country.

brut

¹ American  

[broot, bryt] / brut, brüt /

adjective

1. (of wine, especially champagne) very dry.

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Brut ² American  

[broot] / brut /

noun

1. any of a number of partly legendary, partly historical chronicles dealing with early English history, written during the Middle Ages and usually beginning with Brutus, the mythic and eponymous ancestor of the country.

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brut British  

/ bryt, bruːt /

adjective

1. (of champagne) not sweet; dry

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Etymology

Origin of brut¹

1890–95; < French: raw; see brute ²

Origin of Brut²

1300–50; Middle English < Old French < Medieval Latin Brūtus

Example Sentences

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Still reeling after August wildfires ravaged his hometown of Lahaina, he doesn’t want to serve tourists, pouring brut champagne or topping their mai tais with honey-liliko’i foam.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023

This brut and a sibling rosé that costs just a dollar more demonstrate why Spain’s cava is my first choice for bargain sparklers.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023

Sweetness levels are also sometimes expressed in French terms like "brut," or English words like "dry," especially in wines intended for wide export.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2022

When, in other contexts, you would say dry, the word in Champagne is brut.

From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2021

In these subterranean galleries we frequently come upon parties of workmen engaged in transforming the perfected vin brut into champagne.

From Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines by Henry Vizetelly

It’s considered one of the top Champagne cuvées in the world—and costs six or seven times as much as this Pol Roger Brut Réserve.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

Bricoleur Vineyards’ Brut & Caviar Celebration Set will delight your favorite bougie friend.

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2024

Ahead of the Cannes premiere, she revealed to Brut that her biggest obstacle was the “Spanish part,” stating that she practiced with family, particularly her dad, for over a year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2024

The closing ceremony, during which the festival’s top prize, the Palme d’Or, will be awarded to one of the films in competition, will be broadcast in France on France Télévisions and streamed on Brut.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2024

It is clear from Cic Brut 236 'genus ... acuminis ... quod erat in reprehendendis uerbis uersutum et sollers' that the Romans regarded the two adjectives as having much the same force.

From The Last Poems of Ovid by Mark Bear Akrigg