Burgundy

See also burgundy

English

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Alternative forms

• burgundy (wine)

Etymology

Adapted from Medieval Latin Burgundia, French Bourgogne < Late Latin Burgundiones (“highlanders”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhrgh-nt- (“high, mighty”), from *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”). Cognate with Old Armenian բուրգն (burgn, “tower”), Proto-Celtic *brixs.

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Burgundy

1. A region of France.

Derived terms

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

Translations

region

• Afrikaans: Boergondië (af)
• Armenian: Բուրգունդիա (hy) (Burgundia) 
• Bulgarian: Бургундия (bg) (Burgúndija) f 
• Catalan: Borgonya (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勃艮第 (cmn) (Bógěndì)

• Czech: Burgundsko (cs) n
• Danish: Bourgogne (da)
• Dutch: Bourgondië (nl) f
• Esperanto: Burgonjo (eo)
• Finnish: Burgundi (fi), Bourgogne (fi)
• French: Bourgogne (fr) f, Burgondie (fr)
• German: Burgund (de) n
• Greek: Βουργουνδία (el) (Vourgoundía) f 
• Hungarian: Burgundia (hu)
• Italian: Borgogna (it) f

• Japanese: ブルゴーニュ (ja) (Burugōnyu)
• Latin: Burgundia (la) f
• Norwegian: Burgund (no)
• Polish: Burgundia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Borgonha (pt) f
• Romanian: Burgundia (ro)
• Russian: Бургундия (ru) (Burgúndija) f 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бургундија (sh) f, Бургоња (sh) f

  Roman: Burgundija (sh) f, Burgonja (sh) f

• Spanish: Borgoña (es) f
• Swedish: Burgund (sv) n
• Turkish: Burgonya (tr)
• Ukrainian: Бургундія (uk) (Burhúndija) f 
• West Frisian: Boergonje (fy)

Noun

Burgundy (plural Burgundies)

1. A variety of red wine from this region.
2. A variety of wine resembling that of Burgundy; especially from Australia or California.

Synonyms

• Burgundy wine

Derived terms

• burgundy

Translations

wine

• Danish: bourgogne (da) c, bourgognevin (da) c
• Finnish: burgundinviini, bourgogneviini

• French: bourgogne (fr) m
• German: Burgunder (de) m