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bourguignon en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌbɔɹɡinˈjoʊn/ (General-American)

Etymology

An unadapted borrowing from French bourguignon.

Meanings

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

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Synonyms

Burgundian · bourguignonne

bourguignon en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌbɔɹɡinˈjoʊn/ (General-American)

Etymology

An unadapted borrowing from French bourguignon.

Meanings

  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.
    • […] he brought it all up in one of those ice boxes, along with clams and scallops and bread, shortbread even. The guy would freeze his arm if he thought he could make a nice bourguignon with it. 2013, Lisa O'Donnell, The Death of Bees, page 126:

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