Dictionary Definition
bureau
Noun
1 an administrative unit of government; "the
Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of
Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority" [syn: agency, federal
agency, government
agency, office,
authority]
2 furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
[syn: chest of
drawers, chest,
dresser] [also: bureaux (pl)]
User Contributed Dictionary
see Bureau
English
Noun
- office
- desk, usually with a cover and compartments for storing papers etc. located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath
- chest of drawers for clothes
Related terms
Translations
office
desk
- Dutch: bureau , bureel
- Finnish: työpöytä, kirjoituspöytä
- French: secrétaire , bureau
- German: Sekretär , Schreibtisch , Büro
- Italian: scrivania , scrittoio
- Portuguese: mesa, escrivaninha
- Russian: бюро (bjuró) , (colloq.) конторка (kontórka)
- ttbc Dutch: kledingkast , , kast ,
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
bureau (Plural: bureaus)Synonyms
Derived terms
- reclamebureau (2)
- bureaula (1)
French
Pronunciation
Noun
bureau (Plural: bureaux)Extensive Definition
Bureau may refer to:
- Office
- Desk
- Chest of drawers
- The Bureau, English New Wave soul group
- Bureau County, Illinois
- Jean Bureau, Charles VII's master of artillery
- Marc Bureau, mayor-elect of Gatineau
surname nocat
bureau in Breton: Bureau
bureau in German: Bureau
bureau in French: Bureau
bureau in Dutch: Bureau
bureau in Polish: Bureau
bureau in Russian: Бюро
bureau in Swedish: Byrå
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
agency,
bailiwick, chest, chest of drawers, chiffonier, commissariat, constablery, constablewick, constabulary, department, desk, division, dresser, ministry, municipality, office, secretariat, section, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shrievalty, subdivision