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burgeon en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɜː.d͡ʒən/ (Australia)
• (California) audio
• /ˈbɜː.d͡ʒən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈbøː.d͡ʒən/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈbɝː.d͡ʒən/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

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).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A bud, sprout, or shoot.

Forms

Translations (17)

fr bourgeon (bud, sprout, shoot) · sv knopp (bud, sprout, shoot) · ca borró (bud, sprout, shoot) · ca botó (bud, sprout, shoot) · uk пуп'янок (bud, sprout, shoot) · pl pączek (bud, sprout, shoot) · uk паросток (bud, sprout, shoot) · hi कली (bud, sprout, shoot) · ru росток (bud, sprout, shoot) · eo burĝono (bud, sprout, shoot) · be парастак (bud, sprout, shoot) · es brote (bud, sprout, shoot) · ca lluc (bud, sprout, shoot) · ca brot (bud, sprout, shoot) · uk брунька (bud, sprout, shoot) · es retoño (bud, sprout, shoot) · ca ull (bud, sprout, shoot)

burgeon en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɜː.d͡ʒən/ (Australia)
• (California) audio
• /ˈbɜː.d͡ʒən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈbøː.d͡ʒən/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈbɝː.d͡ʒən/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English burjounen, from Old French borjoner, bourjoner, burjuner.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To grow or expand.
   • Gradually, the town burgeoned into a thriving city.
2. (intransitive) To swell to the point of bursting.
3. (archaic, intransitive) Of plants, to bloom, bud.

Forms

Deriveds

reburgeon · burgeoning

Synonyms

blossom · sprout · expand · grow · green · blossom · sprout · bud

Translations (51)

pt desabrochar (to grow or expand) · pl pęcznieć (to swell to the point of bursting) · cs vzkvétat (to grow or expand) · ca brotar (to grow or expand) · ca créixer (to grow or expand) · hi तेजी से बढ़ना या फेलना (to grow or expand) · pl pączkować (of plants, to bloom, bud) · ru распускаться (of plants, to bloom, bud) · sv spira (to grow or expand) · ja 萌える (of plants, to bloom, bud) · cs rašit (of plants, to bloom, bud) · pl spęcznieć (to swell to the point of bursting) · cs rozvíjet se (to grow or expand) · ro înmuguri (of plants, to bloom, bud) · fi kukoistaa (to grow or expand) · pl rozkwitać (to grow or expand) · ru разрастаться (to grow or expand) · bg цъфтя (of plants, to bloom, bud) · fr croître (to grow or expand) · bg процъфтявам (to grow or expand) · ca rebrotar (to grow or expand) · es florecer (of plants, to bloom, bud) · pl rozkwitnąć (to grow or expand) · pl rozrosnąć się (to grow or expand) · pl rozkwitnąć (of plants, to bloom, bud) · es retoñar (of plants, to bloom, bud) · pl napęcznieć (to swell to the point of bursting) · pl rozrastać się (to grow or expand) · ru наливаться (to swell to the point of bursting) · fi paisua (to swell to the point of bursting) · cs kvést (of plants, to bloom, bud) · uk розростатися (to grow or expand) · cs rozrůstat se (to grow or expand) · de sprießen (to grow or expand) · nl uitgroeien (to grow or expand) · fr bourgeonner (of plants, to bloom, bud) · uk розпускатися (of plants, to bloom, bud) · nl opbloeien (to grow or expand) · cs růst (to grow or expand) · de sprießen (of plants, to bloom, bud) · nl bloeien (of plants, to bloom, bud) · fi kukoistaa (of plants, to bloom, bud) · sv knoppas (of plants, to bloom, bud) · fi kasvaa (to grow or expand) · fr fleurir (of plants, to bloom, bud) · pl rozkwitać (of plants, to bloom, bud) · uk розцвітати (of plants, to bloom, bud) · fr bourgeonnerr (to swell to the point of bursting) · es medrar (to grow or expand) · ro înflori (of plants, to bloom, bud) · sv spira (of plants, to bloom, bud)