Bouillon - Wiktionary

See also: Bouillon

English

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Etymology

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First attested 1656, from French bouillon, from the verb bouillir (“to boil”), from Old French boillir, from Latin bullīre (“to bubble, boil”), from bulla (“bubble”).

Pronunciation

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbuː.jɒn/, /ˈbuː.jɒ̃/

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• (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbʊlˌjɑn/, /ˈbʊljən/, /ˈbuˌjɑn/

Noun

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bouillon (countable and uncountable, plural bouillons)

1. A clear seasoned broth made by simmering usually light meat, such as beef or chicken.
   1. A similar broth made by reconstituting, that is, by adding hot water to dried powder concentrate; the dried powder concentrate itself.
2. An excrescence on a horse's frush or frog.

Hypernyms

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• (type of broth): broth

Hyponyms

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• Scotch broth

Derived terms

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• bouillon cube
• court bouillon

Translations

[edit] a clear seasoned broth — see also bouillon cube

Bashkir: һурпа (hurpa) Basque: salda Catalan: brou (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 清湯 / 清汤 (zh) (qīngtāng) Czech: bujon (cs) m, bujón m, vývar (cs) Danish: bouillon (da) c Dutch: bouillon (nl) m Esperanto: buljono Faroese: kjøtsoð n, bótarsoð n, drekkasúpan f, buljong f Finnish: lihaliemi (fi) French: bouillon (fr) m German: Bouillon (de) f Greek: ζωμός (el) m (zomós) Hungarian: erőleves (hu), húsleves (hu) Icelandic: kjötkraftur (is) m Ido: buliono (io) Japanese: 肉羹 (にくこう, nikukō), ブイオン (buion), 肉汁 (ja) (nikujū) Lithuanian: sultinys m Norwegian: Bokmål: buljong m, kraft (no) m or f Polish: bulion (pl) m Portuguese: caldo (pt) m Romanian: bulion (ro) n Russian: бульо́н (ru) m (bulʹón) Slovak: bujón m Spanish: caldo (es) m, caldo concentrado m, caldo en pasta m (paste), pasta de caldo f (paste) Ukrainian: бульйо́н (uk) m (bulʹjón)

See also

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• bullion (bulk precious metal (possibly related))

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French bouillon.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /bu(l)ˈjɔn/

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• Hyphenation: bouil‧lon
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

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bouillon m (plural bouillons, diminutive bouillonnetje n)

1. stock, broth (water in which meat (or other food) has been boiled) Synonym: vleesnat
2. (dated) bullion, fringe of gold or silver wire Synonym: cantille

Derived terms

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• bouillonblokje

Descendants

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• → Sranan Tongo: bulyon

French

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Etymology

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From bouillir +‎ -on.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /bu.jɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

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bouillon m (plural bouillons)

1. broth (water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled)
2. bubble rising from a boiling liquid
3. gulp of liquid which escapes forcefully
4. flesh rising on a fold
5. risen fold of cloth
6. unsold copies of a publication
7. simple restaurant, which originally served only bouillon

Derived terms

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• boire le bouillon
• boire le bouillon d'onze heures
• bouilloire
• bouillon blanc
• bouillon de culture
• bouillon-blanc
• bouillonnement
• bouillonner
• bouillotte

Descendants

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• → Norwegian Bokmål: buljong
• → Russian: бульон (bulʹon)
  • → Georgian: ბულიონი (bulioni)
• → Turkish: bulyon

References

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• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Further reading

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• “bouillon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Etymology

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Noun

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bouillon m

1. mud

Derived terms

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• bouillounou (“muddy”)