Definitions for bureau
ˈbyʊər oʊ; ˈbyʊər oʊzbu·reau

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authoritynoun

   an administrative unit of government

   "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"

2. chest of drawers, chest, bureau, dressernoun

   furniture with drawers for keeping clothes

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bureaunoun

   Office.

2. bureaunoun

   Desk, usually with a cover and compartments for storing papers etc. located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath.

3. bureaunoun

   Chest of drawers for clothes.

4. Etymology: bureau ‘desk’, earlier ‘coarse cloth (as desk cover), baize’, from Old French burel ‘woolen cloth’, diminutive of *bure (cf. Middle French bure ‘coarse woolen cloth’, French bourre ‘hair, fluff’), from Late Latin burra ‘wool, fluff, shaggy cloth, coarse fabric’; akin to Ancient Greek ‘shabby garment’.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bureaunoun

   A chest of drawers. It is pronounced as if it were spelt buro.

   Etymology: bureau, Fr.

   For not the desk with silver nails,
   Nor bureau of expence,
   Nor standish well japan’d, avails
   To writing of good sense. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bureau

   A bureau is a department or subdivision of a larger organization, institution, or government, responsible for managing and organizing a certain area of activity. It can also refer to a chest of drawers or writing desk, typically with a mirror attached.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Bureaunoun

   originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers

2. Bureaunoun

   the place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted

3. Bureaunoun

   hence: A department of public business requiring a force of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor under the direction of a chief

4. Bureaunoun

   a chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bureau

   būr′ō, n. a writing-table or chest of drawers: a room or office where such a table is used: a department for the transacting of public business:—pl. Bureaux (būr′ō), Bureaus (būr′ōz). [Fr. bureau—O. Fr. burel, russet cloth—L. burrus, red.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bureau

   a name given to a department of public administration, hence bureaucracy, a name for government by bureaux.

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bureau

   A long-standing functional organization, with a supporting staff designed to perform a specific function or activity within a joint force commander

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bureau

   French for a writing-desk, from buro, a drugget, with which it was invariably covered.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BUREAU

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau is ranked #28909 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Bureau surname appeared 822 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Bureau.
   
   83.3% or 685 total occurrences were White.
   11.4% or 94 total occurrences were Black.
   1.8% or 15 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.7% or 14 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Administrative Unit
   • Furniture

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bureau' in Nouns Frequency: #1950

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce bureau?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say bureau in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bureau in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bureau in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of bureau in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   Comey understood Trump's people as having neither knowledge of nor respect for the independence of the law enforcement function. And he saw it as an ongoing task on his part to protect the rest of the bureau from improper contacts and interferences from a group of people he did not regard as honorable.

2. Chris Ford:

   I always supported looking at this possibility. But it was also my position from the outset that until we had actually vetted AVC’s [ Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance’s ] particular scientific allegations of WIV origin with real scientists, we shouldn't voice them in public, do demarches, or find China in violation of the Biological Weapons Convention over SARS-CoV-2. It was irresponsible of AVC to try to run with this before ascertaining whether its scientific claims could survive scrutiny, that's why I insisted upon vetting.

3. William Cocks:

   Nearly 10 years after implementation of the WHTI and the associated surge of passport applications, the Bureau of Consular Affairs is preparing for an anticipated surge as those applicants renew their passports.

4. Commissioner William Bratton:

   I spoke to Mr. Blake a short time ago and personally apologized for yesterday's incident, mr. Blake indicated he would be willing to meet with the Internal Affairs Bureau as our investigation continues.

5. Bill Hare:

   The Bureau of Meteorology and others have predicted another extremely dangerous fire season on the east coast and also in southwestern Australia, if that explodes again, it's going to be very damaging economically and also psychologically. I think people are scarcely recovering from the bushfires last year and early this year. So when you're looking at these regions now, you can see the damage has not been undone.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bureau
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bureau
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=bureau
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bureau
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=bureau
7. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Bureau
8. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf
9. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=bureau
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
11. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=bureau