bürood

Bürood is an Estonian plural noun meaning offices or office spaces. The singular form is büroo. The term is used for rooms or buildings where administrative or professional work takes place and can refer to a single office or to multiple offices within a company, organization, or government complex.

The word büroo is a loanword borrowed from German Büro, which in turn comes from the French bureau, meaning desk or office. In Estonian, büroo has come to denote the space itself rather than the physical desk, and bürood refers to multiple such spaces.

Bürood is common in business, administrative, and public-sector contexts. It appears in everyday speech and formal writing when referring to workplace locations, coworking spaces, or office buildings. It can be contrasted with kontor, another Estonian term for an office; while büroo emphasizes the space or building, kontor is often used in organizational or institutional contexts.

Example: Meie bürood asuvad kesklinnas.

See also: kontor, tööruum.