Complete Definition of "brute"

English
wikipedia

Pronunciation
bro�ot, /bru�t/, /<tt>bru:t</tt>/

Noun
en-noun

  1. An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast.
  2. A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person.

Translations

Finnish: elukka (1,2), eläin (1), raakalainen (2)
Hebrew: ���� (behema) (1,2)
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Ido: bruto
Italian: bruto m
Slovenian: grobijan (2), brdavs (2)

Derived terms
brutal
brutality
brute force
brutish

Verb
to brute

  1. To report; to bruit.

Adjective
brute

  1. Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.
  2. Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute beast; the brute creation.
  3. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence.
  4. Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent.
  5. Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling.

Translations
Finnish: eläimellinen (1-5), raaka (1,3)
Italian: bruto m, bruta f


Italian

Adjective
brute f

  1. Feminine plural form of bruto

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