Bordeaux
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A wine coming from that area. countable, uncountable
"We had a nice bottle of Bordeaux last night."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of Bordeaux (“fungicide; wine”). alt-of, countable, uncountable
"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]."
- 3 any of several red or white wines produced around Bordeaux, France or wines resembling them wordnet
- 4 Ellipsis of Bordeaux mixture. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
"The two Bordeauxs used differed only in the percentage of lime which they contained."
- 5 Claret (color). countable, uncountable
- 1 The capital city of Gironde department, France; the capital city of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Example
More examples"Before TV cameras, they emptied bottles of Bordeaux wine into the gutter - crying out slogans against the France that had rejected the war in Iraq."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Proto-Celtic *bitus? Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxs? Gaulish Biturīgesder. Latin Burdigala Old Occitan Bordel Occitan Bordèubor. Middle French Bordeaulx French Bordeauxbor. English Bordeaux Borrowed from French Bordeaux (Middle French Bordeaulx), from Occitan Bordèu, from Old Occitan Bordel, from Latin Burdigala, from a Proto-Celtic root.
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