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The French word for desk is
bureau





desk

Gender

The gender of bureau is masculine. E.g. le bureau.

Plural

The plural of bureau is bureaux.

French Definition


desk
     1. n. Pupitre, bureau.
           Mr Swiveller walked into Sampson Brass's office at the usual hour placed his hat upon the desk, and taking from his pocket a small parcel of black crape, applied himself to folding and pinning the same upon it, after the manner of a hatband.
           M. Swiveller se rendit, à l'heure accoutumée, à l'étude de Sampson Brass. Il posa son chapeau sur le pupitre ; puis, tirant de sa poche une étroite bande de crêpe noir, il se mit à l'appliquer autour de sa coiffure, et à l'y fixer avec des épi
     2. n. Écritoire.



Translations for desk and their definitions

bureau
     1. n-m. desk
     2. n-m. office (room)
     3. n-m. ticket office
     4. n-m. the staff of an office
     5. n-m. office; an administrative unit
     6. n-m. (obsolete) frieze (coarse woolen cloth)
     7. n-m. (computing, GUI) desktop (on-screen background)


pupitre
     1. n-m. pupil's desk, school desk
     2. n-m. console, control panel
     3. n-m. music stand


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