bourguignon

US/ˌbɔɹɡinˈjoʊn/

bourguignon noun: beef bourguignon, or a similar dish replacing beef with some other ingredient.

Noun (1)

bourguignon (countable and uncountable, plural bourguignons)

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

bourguignon (not comparable)

Bourguignon

The Romance Burgundian language or dialect.
- He published an edition of Virgil in the Bourguignon dialect, with notes, at Dijon, in 1831.1843, The biographical dictionary of the Society for the diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Great Britain
- Another consequence is that French has become increasingly different from Oïl varieties, which cannot be considered as French dialects today; Franc- Comtois, Walloon, Picard, Norman, Gallo, Poitevin-Saintongeais, Bourguignon-Morvandiau, Lorrain [...]2008, Gillian Sankoff, Miriam Meyerhoff, Naomi Nagy, Social Lives in Language--sociolinguistics and Multilingual Speech, →ISBN

Bourguignon (plural Bourguignons)

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...2007 February 2, Rowley Leigh, “Panic is the mother of invention”, in Financial Times, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC
- The latest prominent New York chef to rediscover his love for old-fashioned French cooking is Daniel Boulud’s famous disciple Andrew Carmellini, whose glittering new full-service Noho brasserie, Lafayette, features soft scrambled eggs “vol-au-vent” with chèvre and leeks for breakfast; crocks of...2013 December 28, Adam Platt, “The Platt List”, in New York, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2014

Bourguignon (not comparable)

Alternative letter-case form of bourguignon.
- [P]até Bourguignon is a gutsy guinea fowl, red-wine and mushroom terrine; […]2008 September 14, Terry Durack, “New York's Bar Boulud is a buzzy brasserie with a dedicated charcuterie kitchen...could paté be the next sushi?”, in The Independent, London: Independent News &...
- The relatively simple risotto Bourguignon with a soft poached egg and red wine occupies four big pages.2012 December 8, Christopher Hirst, “Books of the Year 2012: Food”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2012

An unadapted borrowing from French bourguignon.

Borrowed from French bourguignon.

What does bourguignon mean?: Bourguignon means beef bourguignon, or a similar dish replacing beef with some other ingredient.
What part of speech is bourguignon?: Bourguignon can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce bourguignon?: Bourguignon is pronounced /ˌbɔɹɡinˈjoʊn/ (US).
What is the plural of bourguignon?: The plural of bourguignon is bourguignons.

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