bordeaux

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Bordeaux^¹

/bɔɹˈdoʊ/ US
/bɔːˈdəʊ/ UK

Rhymes with -əʊ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French Bordeaux (Middle French Bordeaulx), from Occitan Bordèu, from Old Occitan Bordel, from Latin Burdigala, from a Proto-Celtic root.

proper noun bordeaux

The capital city of Gironde department, France; the capital city of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
A surname from French.

noun Bordeaux · Bordeauxes · Bordeauxs · bordeaux

countable, uncountable A wine coming from that area. We had a nice bottle of Bordeaux last night.
abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of Bordeaux mixture The two Bordeauxs used differed only in the percentage of lime which they contained.
countable, uncountable Claret (color).

bordeaux^²

noun bordeaux · bordeauxes · bordeauxs

countable, uncountable Alternative letter-case form of Bordeaux (“fungicide; wine”). Twelve fungicides; bordeaux mixture, strong, weak and with soap, bordeaux powder, modified eau celeste and ammoniacal copper carbonate, alone and with soap. As between the stronger and weaker bordeauxs an intermediate was [considered].

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: bordeaux wine, barcelona, valencia, genoa, napoli, lazio, rome, maroon, roma, burgundy, claret, wine, villarreal, bordo, sevilla, cabernet

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name city

Español	Burdeos
한국어	보르도 Boreudo
日本語	ボルドー Borudō
中文	波爾多 /波尔多 Bō'ěrduō
हिन्दी	बोर्दो bordo
Português	Bordéus
Français	Bordeaux
Deutsch	Bordeaux
Italiano	Bordeaux, Bordello, Bordella
Ελληνικά	Μπορντό Borntó, Μπορντώ Borntó
Română	Bordeaux
Русский	Бордо́ Bordó
العربية	بُورْدُو burdū, بُرْذَال burḏāl
עברית	בּוֹרדוֹ Bordó

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@misc{bordeaux_2026,
  title = {bordeaux},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bordeaux},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}