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; brute ²

Origin of Brut²

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

Example Sentences

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 is a proprietary blend of pinot Meunier, pinot noir and chardonnay.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2022

The cava brut designation means it was aged a minimum of nine months on the lees.

From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2022

His signature wine, a sparkling brut, is named after his mother — the Nomaroma Method Cap Classic.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2022

They saw him dive into a pocket, and what should he fetch out brut a stout fish line wound around a bobbin, and with a hook attached.

From The Boy Scouts on Sturgeon Island or Marooned Among the Game-fish Poachers by Carter, Herbert