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• brut
  brut

  adjective

  (of wine, especially champagne) very dry.
• Brut
  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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The brut, aptly named “Flying by the Seat of Our Pants,” pairs beautifully with the included 1 oz. tin of custom Bricoleur x Tsar Nicoulai caviar and a mother-of-pearl spoon.

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2024

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

Emmanuel Macron, three weeks from turning 45, raised a slender crystal Baccarat flute of California brut rosé to President Biden, freshly 80, whose vessel reportedly contained the divine elixir of the teetotaler: ginger ale.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022

In these cellars there are nearly 11,000 racks in which the bottles of vin brut rest sur pointe, as many as 600,000 bottles being commonly twisted daily.

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

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

He can still smell the Stetson and Brut cologne.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2023

I understand that my copy of Brut y Brenhinoedd is not the same with that in Llyfr Coch o Hergest. 

From Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards by Evan Evans