bureau- root words — words with the bureau- root

The root bureau- comes from French bure, meaning coarse woolen cloth (covering a writing desk). 2 words in Dendril are built from it, including bureaucratise, bureaucratize. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the bureau- root

Explore words with bureau- — words containing the bureau- root and sharing its sense of "coarse woolen cloth (covering a writing desk)". Examples include bureaucratise, bureaucratize. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does bureau- mean?

The bureau- root means coarse woolen cloth (covering a writing desk), from French bure. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.