burgeon
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burgeon¹
- /ˈbɜː.d͡ʒən/ UK
- /ˈbɝː.d͡ʒən/ Canada, US
- /ˈbɜː.d͡ʒən/ Australia
- /ˈbøː.d͡ʒən/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)dʒən
Where it comes from
From Middle English burjon, burjoun (“shoot, bud”), from Anglo-Norman burjun, burgeon, burgon (compare Old French burjon (“a bud”)), from Old Frankish *burjō (“sprout, offshoot, descendant”), from Proto-Germanic *burjô (“sprout, descendant, offshoot”), from Proto-Germanic *burjaną (“to raise up”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Compare Old High German burjan, burien, burren (“to push up, raise”), Old English byrian (“to come up, occur”), Old English byre (“child, son, descendant”), Albanian buron (“sprout, spring, gush out”). More at bear.
Alternate etymology derives Old French burjon (“bud”) from Vulgar Latin *burrionem, accusative of *burrio, from Late Latin burra (“wool, fluff”) (presumably from the down covering certain buds).
noun burgeons · bourgeon
- A bud, sprout, or shoot.
burgeon²
- /ˈbɜː.d͡ʒən/ UK
- /ˈbɝː.d͡ʒən/ Canada, US
- /ˈbɜː.d͡ʒən/ Australia
- /ˈbøː.d͡ʒən/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)dʒən
Where it comes from
From Middle English burjounen, from Old French borjoner, bourjoner, burjuner.
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verb to grow or expand
| Español | medrar |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | तेजी से बढ़ना या फेलना tejī se baṛhnā yā phelnā |
| Português | desabrochar |
| Français | croître |
| Deutsch | sprießen |
| Русский | разрастаться razrastatʹsja |
verb to swell to the point of bursting
| Français | bourgeonnerr |
|---|---|
| Русский | наливаться nalivatʹsja |
verb of plants, to bloom, bud
| Español | florecer, retoñar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 萌える |
| Français | fleurir, bourgeonner |
| Deutsch | sprießen |
| Română | înmuguri, înflori |
| Русский | распускаться raspuskatʹsja |
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@misc{burgeon_2026,
title = {burgeon},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/burgeon},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
