Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
BRUIT
rumor, rumour, bruit
(verb) tell or spread rumors; “It was rumored that the next president would be a woman”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
bruit (countable and uncountable, plural bruits)
(uncountable, archaic) Hearsay, rumour; talk; (countable) an instance of this.
(countable, obsolete) A clamour, an outcry; a noise.
Verb
bruit (third-person singular simple present bruits, present participle bruiting, simple past and past participle bruited)
(transitive, archaic in Britain, current in the US) To disseminate, promulgate, or spread news, a rumour, etc.
Etymology 2
Noun
bruit (plural bruits)
(medicine) An abnormal sound in the body heard on auscultation (for example, through using a stethoscope); a murmur. [from 19th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Bruit, n. Etym: [OE. bruit, brut, noise, bruit, F. bruit, fr. LL. brugitus; cf. L. rugire to roar; perh. influenced by the source of E. bray to make a harsh noise, Armor. brud bruit.]
1. Report; rumor; fame. The bruit thereof will bring you many friends. Shak.
2. [French pron. (Med.)
Definition: An abnormal sound of several kinds, heard on auscultation.
Bruit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bruited; p. pr. & vb. n. Bruiting.]
Definition: To report; to noise abroad. I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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