bureau

n., pl., -reaus, or -reaux (-ōz).

1. A chest of drawers, especially a dresser for holding clothes.
2. Chiefly British. A writing desk or writing table with drawers.
3. 1. A government department or a subdivision of a department.
   2. An office, usually of a large organization, that is responsible for a specific duty: a news bureau.
   3. A business that offers information of a specified kind: a travel bureau.

[French, cloth cover for desks, desk, office, from Old French burel, woolen cloth, probably from Vulgar Latin *būra, from Late Latin burra, shaggy garment.]

Particular department, agency, or office. It is usually accompanied by the name of a particular agency, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation. See also Bureaucrat.

IN BRIEF: A chest of drawers for clothing. A government agency.

Chen folded his tee shirt and put it in the bureau.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - skrivebord, chartol, kommode

idioms:

• bureau de change    vekselererkontor

Nederlands (Dutch)
bureau, ladekastje, (overheids)instel- ling

Français (French)
n. - bureau, secrétaire, (US) commode, (US) service gouvernemental

idioms:

• bureau de change    bureau de change

Deutsch (German)
n. - Büro, Geschäftsstelle, Schreibtisch, Kommode

idioms:

• bureau de change    Wechselstube

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γραφείο (έπιπλο ή δημόσια υπηρεσία)

idioms:

• bureau de change    ανταλλακτήριο συναλλάγματος

Italiano (Italian)
agenzia, scrivania, cassettone

Português (Portuguese)
n. - escrivaninha (f), cômoda (f), agência (f), divisão (f) de repartição pública

Русский (Russian)
бюро, письменный стол, комод

Español (Spanish)
n. - oficina, escritorio, cómoda

idioms:

• bureau de change    oficina de cambio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skrivbord, byrå

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
局, 办公处

idioms:

• bureau de change    外币兑换处

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 局, 辦公處

idioms:

• bureau de change    外幣兌換處

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 화장대, 사무소

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 局, 事務局, ひきだし付きの大机, 寝室用たんす, 事務所

idioms:

• bureau de change    両替, 両替業

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مكتب, منضدة مكتب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שולחן כתיבה, ארון מגרות, לשכה, משרד‬

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