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. Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Brunei m

  1. Brunei (a country in Southeast Asia)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Brunei

  1. Brunei (a country in Southeast 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/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Bru‧nei
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯

Proper noun

Brunei n

  1. Brunei (a country in Southeast Asia)

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

From Malay Brunei.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Brunei

  1. Brunei (a country in Southeast Asia)

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 —
abessive Bruneitta —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Brunei (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Bruneini —
accusative nom. Bruneini —
gen. Bruneini
genitive Bruneini —
partitive Bruneitani —
inessive Bruneissani —
elative Bruneistani —
illative Bruneihini —
adessive Bruneillani —
ablative Bruneiltani —
allative Bruneilleni —
essive Bruneinani —
translative Bruneikseni —
abessive Bruneittani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Bruneisi —
accusative nom. Bruneisi —
gen. Bruneisi
genitive Bruneisi —
partitive Bruneitasi —
inessive Bruneissasi —
elative Bruneistasi —
illative Bruneihisi —
adessive Bruneillasi —
ablative Bruneiltasi —
allative Bruneillesi —
essive Bruneinasi —
translative Bruneiksesi —
abessive Bruneittasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Bruneimme —
accusative nom. Bruneimme —
gen. Bruneimme
genitive Bruneimme —
partitive Bruneitamme —
inessive Bruneissamme —
elative Bruneistamme —
illative Bruneihimme —
adessive Bruneillamme —
ablative Bruneiltamme —
allative Bruneillemme —
essive Bruneinamme —
translative Bruneiksemme —
abessive Bruneittamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Bruneinne —
accusative nom. Bruneinne —
gen. Bruneinne
genitive Bruneinne —
partitive Bruneitanne —
inessive Bruneissanne —
elative Bruneistanne —
illative Bruneihinne —
adessive Bruneillanne —
ablative Bruneiltanne —
allative Bruneillenne —
essive Bruneinanne —
translative Bruneiksenne —
abessive Bruneittanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Bruneinsa —
accusative nom. Bruneinsa —
gen. Bruneinsa
genitive Bruneinsa —
partitive Bruneitaan
Bruneitansa
—
inessive Bruneissaan
Bruneissansa
—
elative Bruneistaan
Bruneistansa
—
illative Bruneihinsa —
adessive Bruneillaan
Bruneillansa
—
ablative Bruneiltaan
Bruneiltansa
—
allative Bruneilleen
Bruneillensa
—
essive Bruneinaan
Bruneinansa
—
translative Bruneikseen
Bruneiksensa
—
abessive Bruneittaan
Bruneittansa
—
instructive — —
comitative — —

Derived terms

French

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁy.nɛj/, /bʁy.nej/
  • (file)

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 Southeast Asia; 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 (a country in Southeast Asia)

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 (a country in Southeast Asia)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Brunei

  1. Brunei (a country in Southeast Asia)

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 Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /bɾuˈnej/ [bɾuˈneɪ̯]
 

  • Hyphenation: Bru‧nei

Proper noun

Brunei m

  1. Brunei (a country in Southeast Asia; official names: Estado do Brunei Darussalã and Negara Brunei Darussalã)

Derived terms

  • bruneíno

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Brunei n (genitive Bruneis)

  1. Brunei (a country in Southeast Asia)
  • bruneisk (“Bruneian”, adjective)
  • bruneier c (“Bruneian male”)
  • bruneiska c (“Bruneian female”)
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