Bureau

//ˈbjʊ.ɹoʊ//

Synonyms for "bureau" (36 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (8)

agency chest of drawers bailiwick cabinet

Noun(4 words)

agency authority bu bu.

Strong matches (10)

chest chiffonier commissariat constablery constablewick constabulary cupboard department

Noun(2 words)

chest chest of drawers

Related words (18)

desk division dresser escritoire ministry municipality office secretariat section sheriffalty sheriffwick shrievalty subdivision

Noun(5 words)

dresser escritoire federal agency government agency office

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

13 relation types

More general

5 entries

administrative body administrative unit article of furniture furniture piece of furniture

Synonyms

2 entries

agency chest of drawers

Related terms

8 entries

bureau de change bureau plat bureau-ocracy bureaucracy bureaucrat bureaucratic bureaugamy burel

at location

9 entries

bedroom city each city french government government home office office office building washington dc

derived

16 entries

Bureau County Bureau-Barrière syndrome International Time Bureau QSL bureau bu bu.bureau de change bureaucrat bureaugamous bureausis credit bureau extrabureau marriage bureau multibureau subbureau telebureau

etymologically related_to

1 entries

borrel

has a

3 entries

drawers or shelves legs and drawers many drawers

has context

2 entries

british us

has property

1 entries

similar to agency

is a

3 entries

division of government dresser or government agency piece of furniture for holding clothes

receives action

1 entries

found in office

related to

28 entries

administrative agency beau bureaucracy bureaucrat bureaucratic bureaucratize bureaugamy burel chest of drawers clothes compartment desk desk maybe dresser fbi

Showing 16 of 28 words.

used for

9 entries

clothing drawers holding clothes keepsakes sachets storage store belongings store clothing storing clothes

Translations

174 translations across 56 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

zyrë noun (office (room))

Ancient Greek

1 entries

γραφεῖον noun (office (room))

Arabic

2 entries

مَكْتَب noun (office (room))
مَكْتَب noun (desk)

Armenian

4 entries

բյուրո noun (office (room))
գրասեղան noun (desk)
գրասենյակ noun (office (room))
կոմոդ noun (chest of drawers for clothes)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

büro noun (office (room))

Belarusian

4 entries

бюро́ noun (unit of governance, office)
бюро́ noun (office (room))
канто́ра noun (unit of governance, office)
канто́ра noun (office (room))

Breton

1 entries

burev noun (office (room))

Bulgarian

4 entries

бюро́ noun (office (room))
бюро́ noun (desk)
канто́ра noun (unit of governance, office)
канто́ра noun (office (room))

Burmese

2 entries

ဗီရို noun (chest of drawers for clothes)
ဗျူရို noun (unit of governance, office)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

事務所 /事务所 noun (office (room))
局 noun (office (room))
署 noun (office (room))
辦公室 /办公室 noun (office (room))

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

büro noun (office (room))

Czech

4 entries

kancelář noun (unit of governance, office)
kancelář noun (office (room))
úřad noun (unit of governance, office)
úřad noun (office (room))

Danish

2 entries

bureau noun (for the collection and provision of information)
bureau noun (office (room))

Dutch

4 entries

agentschap noun (office (room))
bureau noun (office (room))
bureau noun (desk)
bureel noun (desk)

Esperanto

1 entries

buroo noun (unit of governance, office)

Faroese

1 entries

skrivstova noun (office (room))

Finnish

4 entries

kirjoituspöytä noun (desk)
lipasto noun (chest of drawers for clothes)
toimisto noun (office (room))
työpöytä noun (desk)

French

4 entries

agence noun (office (room))
bureau noun (unit of governance, office)
bureau noun (office (room))
bureau noun (desk)

Georgian

2 entries

ბიურო noun (office (room))
ოფისი noun (office (room))

German

4 entries

Büro noun (unit of governance, office)
Büro noun (office (room))
Büro noun (desk)
Kommode noun (chest of drawers for clothes)

Greek

1 entries

γραφείο noun (office (room))

Hebrew

3 entries

לִשְׁכָּה noun (office (room))
מִכְתָּבָה noun (desk)
מִשְׂרָד noun (unit of governance, office)

Hindi

4 entries

कार्यशाला noun (office (room))
कार्यालय noun (office (room))
मंत्रालय noun (unit of governance, office)
विभाग noun (unit of governance, office)

Hungarian

2 entries

iroda noun (unit of governance, office)
szekreter noun (desk)

Indonesian

1 entries

biro noun (office (room))

Iranian Persian

2 entries

اِدارِه noun (office (room))
دَفْتَر noun (office (room))

Italian

4 entries

cassettone noun (chest of drawers for clothes)
comò noun (chest of drawers for clothes)
scrittoio noun (desk)
scrivania noun (desk)

Japanese

3 entries

オフィス noun (office (room))
事務室 noun (office (room))
事務所 noun (office (room))

Kazakh

1 entries

бюро noun (office (room))

Khmer

1 entries

ការិយាល័យ noun (office (room))

Korean

3 entries

사무소 noun (office (room))
사무실 noun (office (room))
오피스 noun (office (room))

Kyrgyz

1 entries

бюро noun (office (room))

Lithuanian

1 entries

biuras noun (office (room))

Macedonian

3 entries

биро́ noun (office (room))
канцела́рија noun (office (room))
канцеларија noun (unit of governance, office)

Malay

1 entries

biro noun (office (room))

Maltese

3 entries

burò noun (chest of drawers for clothes)
skrivanija noun (desk)
uffiċċju noun (office (room))

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

byrå noun (office (room))
kommode noun (chest of drawers for clothes)
sekretær noun (desk)
skatoll noun (desk)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

kommode noun (chest of drawers for clothes)
sekretær noun (desk)
skatoll noun (desk)

Polish

4 entries

biurka noun (desk)
biurko noun (desk)
biuro noun (office (room))
urząd noun (unit of governance, office)

Portuguese

4 entries

birô noun (office (room))
birô noun (desk)
cômoda noun (chest of drawers for clothes)
cômodas noun (chest of drawers for clothes)

Romanian

2 entries

birou noun (office (room))
birou noun (desk)

Russian

4 entries

бюро́ noun (unit of governance, office)
бюро́ noun (for the collection and provision of information)
бюро́ noun (office (room))
бюро́ noun (desk)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

bìrō noun (office (room))
бѝро̄ noun (office (room))

Slovak

1 entries

kancelária noun (office (room))

Slovene

1 entries

biro noun (office (room))

Spanish

4 entries

agencia noun (for the collection and provision of information)
buró noun (for the collection and provision of information)
buró noun (desk)
cómoda noun (chest of drawers for clothes)

Swedish

2 entries

byrå noun (office (room))
byrå noun (chest of drawers for clothes)

Tagalog

1 entries

kawanihan noun (office (room))

Tajik

3 entries

бюро noun (office (room))
дафтар noun (office (room))
идора noun (office (room))

Turkish

2 entries

büro noun (office (room))
şifonyer noun (chest of drawers for clothes)

Ukrainian

4 entries

бюро́ noun (unit of governance, office)
бюро́ noun (office (room))
канцеля́рія noun (unit of governance, office)
конто́ра noun (unit of governance, office)

Urdu

1 entries

دَفْتَر noun (office (room))

Uyghur

1 entries

بيۇرو noun (unit of governance, office)

Uzbek

2 entries

daftar noun (office (room))
idora noun (office (room))

Vietnamese

2 entries

sự giúp đỡ noun (office (room))
văn phòng noun (office (room))

West-Frisian

3 entries

buro noun (unit of governance, office)
buro noun (office (room))
buro noun (desk)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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The weather bureau says it will rain tonight.

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The college has a placement bureau for students.

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Let's get some brochures from the travel bureau.

Source: tatoeba (271507)

Nobody can put anything over on the bureau chief.

Source: tatoeba (276674)

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