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bourguignon¹

  • /ˌbɔɹɡinˈjoʊn/ US

Where it comes from

An unadapted borrowing from French bourguignon.

noun bourguignons · Bourguignon

  1. countable, uncountable Beef bourguignon, or a similar dish replacing beef with some other ingredient. They ordered a nice red to go with their bourguignon.

adjective Bourguignon

  1. not comparable, postpositional In a style typical of Burgundy (whether the administrative region, the earlier duchy, or both). Near-synonym: Burgundian

    Similar: bourguignonne, Burgundian

Bourguignon²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French bourguignon.

proper noun

  1. The Romance Burgundian language or dialect. He published an edition of Virgil in the Bourguignon dialect, with notes, at Dijon, in 1831.

noun Bourguignons

  1. Alternative letter-case form of bourguignon Oxtail, long thick pieces of it, cut almost through at each swishing articulation of its joints, were hanging in the butcher’s window and I resolved to feed my Sunday lunch guests with a robust stew. […] Or I might do a Bourguignon and braise the oxtail with red wine, chunks of bacon, button onions

adjective

  1. not comparable Alternative letter-case form of bourguignon [P]até Bourguignon is a gutsy guinea fowl, red-wine and mushroom terrine; […]

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@misc{bourguignon_2026,
  title = {bourguignon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bourguignon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}