bureau

Other forms of bureau

plural

bureaux

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bureau

What does bureau mean?

bureau means "an administrative unit of government". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bureau?

bureau has 2 syllables: bur-eau. The stress falls on "bur". In IPA it is /ˈbjʊɹoʊ/.

What is another word for bureau?

Close synonyms include agency, federal agency, government agency, office, authority. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bureau a common word?

bureau is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with bureau?

1 word rhymes with bureau. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.