bourbon

See also: Bourbon

English

Etymology

From "bourbon whiskey", originally "Bourbon whiskey", of disputed provenance. Generally taken to derive from Bourbon County, Kentucky, but possibly also from Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Both derive from the French Bourbon dynasty, named for the lordship of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French Bourbon l'Archambault. The town's name derives from Borvo, a local Celtic deity associated with hot springs, from Proto-Celtic *borvo (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to be hot, boil”). See also Borvo.

Pronunciation

whiskey

• IPA^(key): /bɜː(ɹ)bən/

  Rhymes: -ɜː(r)bən

biscuit

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊə(ɹ)bən/, /bɔː(ɹ)bən/

  Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)bən, -ɔː(r)bən

Noun

bourbon (countable and uncountable, plural bourbons)

1. A whiskey distilled from a mixture of grains in which at least 51% is corn, aged in charred, new oak barrels. Made in the United States.
2. A serving of bourbon whiskey.
3. A Bourbon biscuit.

Synonyms

• bourbon whiskey
• Bourbon whiskey

Translations

whiskey

• Armenian: բուրբոն (hy) (burbon)
• Bulgarian: бърбън m (bǎrbǎn)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波本威士忌 (bōběn wēishìjì)

• Finnish: bourbon (fi)
• French: bourbon (fr) m
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• German: Bourbon (de) m
• Japanese: バーボン (bābon)
• Korean: 버번 (beobeon)
• Russian: бурбо́н (ru) m (burbón)
• Spanish: bourbon m

Bourbon biscuit

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Spanish

Noun

bourbon m (plural bóurbones)

1. bourbon