Dictionary
Thesaurus
Medical
Scrabble®
Spanish Central
Browse DictionaryBrowse Thesaurus
Get our free apps!iPhone•iPad•Android
Games
Word of the Day
Video
Blog: Words at Play
My Faves
Dictionary

brume

noun \ˈbrüm\

Definition of BRUME

:  mist, fog
— bru·mous \ˈbrü-məs\ adjective
ADVERTISEMENT

Origin of BRUME

French, mist, winter, from Old Occitan bruma, from Latin, winter solstice, winter; akin to Latin brevis short — more at brief
First Known Use: 1808

Related to BRUME

Synonyms
haze, fog, gauze, mist, murk, reek, smog, soup

Rhymes with BRUME

bloom, boom, broom, combe, cwm, doom, flume, fume, gloom, glume, groom, khoum, loom, neume, plume, rheum, room, spume, tomb, toom, vroom, whom, womb, zoom

Learn More About BRUME

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: brummagemPrevious Word in the Dictionary: brumbyAll Words Near: brume
ADVERTISEMENT
10 Charming Words for Nasty People
Put-downs with flair
Learn More
When "Literally" isn't, well, literal
How to use a word that (literally) drives some people nuts.
Watch Now
Know what this is?
Test your vocab with our fun, fast game
Go Play
Fear of cats?
Ailurophobia, and 9 other unusual fears
Learn More
Join Us
Merriam-Webster
on Facebook
Merriam-Webster
on Twitter
Bookstore: Digital and Print
Merriam-Webster references for Mobile, Kindle, print, and more.
See All
Other Merriam-Webster Dictionaries