Brunei

See also: brunei, Brunéi, and Brúnei

English

Etymology

From Malay Brunei, probably ultimately from Sanskrit वरुण (váruṇa), which also referred to the island of Borneo (a likely cognate to Brunei).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /bɹuːˈnaɪ/
  • Hyphenation: Bru‧nei
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ

Proper noun

Brunei

  1. A country in Southeast Asia.

Synonyms

Translations

See also

Anagrams


Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Brunei m

  1. Brunei

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Brunei

  1. Brunei (a country in Asia)

Dutch

Etymology

Related to Borneo. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bryˈnɛi̯/
  • Hyphenation: Bru‧nei
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯

Proper noun

Brunei n

  1. Brunei

Hypernyms

Derived terms


Finnish

Etymology

From Malay Brunei.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrunei̯/, [ˈbrune̞i̯]
  • Rhymes: -unei
  • Syllabification(key): Bru‧nei

Proper noun

Brunei

  1. Brunei

Declension

Inflection of Brunei (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative Brunei
genitive Brunein
partitive Bruneita
illative Bruneihin
singular plural
nominative Brunei
accusative nom. Brunei
gen. Brunein
genitive Brunein
partitive Bruneita
inessive Bruneissa
elative Bruneista
illative Bruneihin
adessive Bruneilla
ablative Bruneilta
allative Bruneille
essive Bruneina
translative Bruneiksi
instructive
abessive Bruneitta
comitative
Possessive forms of Brunei (type maa)
possessor singular plural
1st person Bruneini Bruneimme
2nd person Bruneisi Bruneinne
3rd person Bruneinsa

French

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁy.nɛj/, /bʁy.ne.i/

Proper noun

Brunei m

  1. Brunei (a country in southeast Asia)

Derived terms

  • Brunéien, Brunéienne
  • brunéien

See also


German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbʁuːnaɪ̯]
  • (file)

Proper noun

Brunei n (proper noun, genitive Bruneis or (optionally with an article) Brunei)

  1. Brunei (a country in Southeast Asia)

See also


Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbrunɛj] (phonetic respelling: brunej)
  • Hyphenation: Bru‧nei
  • Rhymes: -ɛj

Proper noun

Brunei

  1. Brunei (a country in Asia)
    Synonym: (official name) Brunei Szultanátus

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative Brunei
accusative Bruneit
dative Bruneinek
instrumental Bruneijel
causal-final Bruneiért
translative Bruneijé
terminative Bruneiig
essive-formal Bruneiként
essive-modal
inessive Bruneiben
superessive Brunein
adessive Bruneinél
illative Bruneibe
sublative Bruneire
allative Bruneihez
elative Bruneiből
delative Bruneiről
ablative Bruneitől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Bruneié
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Bruneiéi
Possessive forms of Brunei
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Bruneiem
2nd person sing. Bruneied
3rd person sing. Bruneie
1st person plural Bruneiünk
2nd person plural Bruneietek
3rd person plural Bruneiük

Derived terms


Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay Brunei, from Classical Malay بروني (Brunei), probably ultimately from Sanskrit वरुण (váruṇa).

Proper noun

Brunei

  1. Brunei (a country in Southeast Asia)

Italian

Proper noun

Brunei m

  1. Brunei

Anagrams


Malay

Etymology

Probably ultimately from Sanskrit वरुण (váruṇa), which also referred to the island of Borneo.

Proper noun

Brunei (Jawi spelling بروني)

  1. Brunei (a country in Southeast Asia)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Brunei

  1. Brunei

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Brunei

  1. Brunei

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bruˈnɛ.i/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛi
  • Syllabification: Bru‧ne‧i

Proper noun

Brunei n (undeclinable)

  1. Brunei (a country in Southeast Asia)

Further reading

  • Brunei in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Brunei in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /bɾuˈnej/ [bɾuˈneɪ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɾuˈnɐj/
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /bɾuˈnej/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɾuˈne/

  • Hyphenation: Bru‧nei

Proper noun

Brunei m

  1. Brunei (a country in southeast Asia)

Swedish

Etymology

Probably ultimately from Sanskrit वरुण (váruṇa), which referred to the island of Borneo (a likely cognate to Brunei).

Proper noun

Brunei n (genitive Bruneis)

  1. Brunei
  • bruneisk (Bruneian, adjective)
  • bruneier c (Bruneian male)
  • bruneiska c (Bruneian female)
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