bruit
French, noun
bruit is spelled B-R-U-I-T (5 letters) and appears 51 times per million words in written French, the 1,629th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bruit is a French masculine noun meaning “a noise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, bruît is a different word: “third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of bruire”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Manifestation sonore déplaisante”.
What does bruit mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea noise
- 2
masculinea rumor or report
verb
- 1
third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of bruire
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Manifestation sonore déplaisante. 2. Son sans harmonie régulière. 3. Son peu distinct, confus. 4. Nouvelle, rumeur qui circule dans le public.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bruit
- bruits plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bruit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bruit in French?
bruit appears 51 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).