Bruit

Interesting trivia: Bruit comes from Old French, from the past participle of bruire, "to roar."

Word of the Week #17 Jaime Theler 2008

Roula Talj in Bruit, Lebanon, thanks very much, we appreciate you being with us.

CNN Transcript Jul 30, 2006 2006

Kiou: (onomatopé) Bruit de gorge proche du cri de dragon (cf: Hakuryu Saiyuki) signifiant Bonjour dans la plupart des cas.

pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2005

He bought St. Jean and Sans-Bruit (now Belmont), near Quebec,

A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 George M. Wrong

Louise Puget wrote romances and chansons that were remarkably pretty and popular, if not very ambitious, and produced the operettas, "Le Mauvais Oeil" and "La Veilleuse," besides the opera, "Beaucoup de Bruit pour Rien."

Woman's Work in Music Arthur Elson

"Sans Bruit" farm, Governor Haldimand must have his lodge at Montmorenci

Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present 1868

Facing Sillery hill, on the north side of "Sans Bruit," formerly the estate of Lieut. - Col. the Hon.

Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present 1868

Westfield, [168] Sans-Bruit, and the narrow gothic arches of Finlay

Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present 1868

Bruit of his fair soft cheek my love hath won * And branch and root his beauty grows amain:

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

Modern poets have given ‘amort’ a new life; it is used by Keats, by Bailey (_Festus_, xxx), and by Browning (_Sordello_, vi). ‘Bruit’ has been revived by Carlyle and Chas.

English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846