Burgundy

See also: burgundy

English

Alternative forms

• burgundy (wine)

Etymology

From Late Latin Burgundia, from Burgundiones (“highlanders”), from Proto-Germanic *Burgundī, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high, mighty”). Doublet of Bourgogne.

Burgundy (wine) is an abbreviation of the attributive use of the regional name, in Burgundy wine.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜːɡəndi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɝːɡəndi/

Proper noun

Burgundy

2. A region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
4. An early-medieval kingdom and later former duchy in France and the Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Burgundian
• Burgundy hay
• Burgundy mixture
• Burgundy pitch
• Burgundy wine

 

Translations

region

• Afrikaans: Boergondië
• Armenian: Բուրգունդիա (hy) (Burgundia)
• Basque: Borgoina
• Bulgarian: Бургу́ндия f (Burgúndija)
• Catalan: Borgonya (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勃艮第 (zh) (Bógěndì)

• Corsican: Burgogna f
• Czech: Burgundsko (cs) n
• Danish: Bourgogne (da) (modern area and as wine region), Burgund (historiographic)
• Dutch: Bourgondië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Burgonjo
• Finnish: Burgundi (fi), Bourgogne (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: Borgogne
• French: Bourgogne (fr) f, Burgondie (fr)
• Friulian: Borgogne f
• Georgian: ბურგუნდია (burgundia), ბურგონი (burgoni)
• German: Burgund (de) n
• Greek: Βουργουνδία (el) f (Vourgoundía)
• Hungarian: Burgundia (hu)
• Irish: An Bhurgúin f
• Italian: Borgogna f
• Japanese: ブルゴーニュ (Burugōnyu)
• Latin: Burgundia (la) f
• Latvian: Burgundija f
• Manx: Yn Vurgoon f
• Norman: Bourgouongne f
• Norwegian: Burgund
• Occitan: Borgonha f
• Polish: Burgundia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Borgonha (pt) f, Burgúndia f
• Romanian: Burgundia
• Russian: Бургу́ндия (ru) f (Burgúndija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бургундија f, Бургоња f

  Roman: Burgundija (sh) f, Burgonja f

• Sicilian: Burgogna f
• Spanish: Borgoña (es) f
• Swedish: Burgund n, Bourgogne
• Turkish: Burgonya
• Ukrainian: Бургу́ндія f (Burhúndija)
• Welsh: Bwrgwyn f
• West Frisian: Boergonje
• Yiddish: בורגונדי (burgundi)

medieval duchy in France and the Netherlands

• Danish: Burgund
• Finnish: Burgundi (fi)
• Swedish: Burgund

Noun

Burgundy (countable and uncountable, plural Burgundies)

1. A variety of red wine from this region.
   • 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray:

     Some day, when you are tired of London, come down to Treadley, and expound to me your philosophy of pleasure over some admirable Burgundy I am fortunate enough to possess.

2. A variety of wine resembling that of Burgundy; especially from Australia or California.

Synonyms

• Burgundy wine

Derived terms

• burgundy

Translations

wine

• Catalan: borgonya (ca) m or f
• Danish: bourgogne c, bourgognevin c
• Finnish: burgundinviini, bourgogneviini
• French: bourgogne (fr) m
• Georgian: ბურგუნდიული ღვინო (burgundiuli ɣvino)
• German: Burgunder (de) m
• Irish: fíon Burgúine m, burgúin f
• Polish: burgund (pl) m
• Swedish: bourgogne (sv), bourgognevin (sv)