Bordeaux

See also: bordeaux and bordeaux'

English

Alternative forms

• bordeaux (common noun)

Etymology

From French Bordeaux (Middle French Bordeaulx), from Occitan Bordèu, from Old Occitan Bordel, from Latin Burdigala, from a Proto-Celtic root.

Pronunciation

• enPR: bôr-dōʹ
• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɔɹˈdoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɔːˈdəʊ/

  • Audio:

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• Rhymes: -əʊ

Proper noun

Bordeaux

Place de la Bourse in Bordeaux.

1. The capital city of the Gironde department, France; capital city of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Derived terms

• Lake Bordeaux B

 

Translations

city

• Arabic: بُورْدُو f (burdū), (archaic) بُرْذَال f (burḏāl)
• Basque: Bordele (eu)
• Breton: Bourdel (br) ?
• Bulgarian: Бордо́ n (Bordó)
• Catalan: Bordeus (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波爾多 / 波尔多 (zh) (Bō'ěrduō)

• Corsican: Bordeaux f, Bordella f, Bordellu f
• Danish: Bordeaux (da) ?
• Dutch: Bordeaux (nl) n
• Farefare: Boddo, Buddigala
• Finnish: Bordeaux (fi)
• French: Bordeaux (fr) m

  Middle French: Bordeaulx m

• Galician: Bordeos (gl) f, Bordeaux (gl) f
• Georgian: ბორდო (bordo)
• Greek: Μπορντό (el) n (Borntó), Μπορντώ n (Borntó)
• Hebrew: בּוֹרדוֹ (he) ? (Bordó)
• Irish:

  Old Irish: Bordgal f

• Italian: Bordeaux f, (obsolete) Bordello f, Bordella f
• Japanese: ボルドー (Borudō)
• Korean: 보르도 (Boreudo)
• Latin: Burdigala (la) f
• Marathi: बोर्डो ? (borḍo)
• Occitan: Bordèu (oc) m

  Old Occitan: Bordel m

• Polish: Bordeaux (pl) n
• Portuguese: Bordéus (pt) f
• Romanian: Bordeaux (ro) ?
• Russian: Бордо́ (ru) m (Bordó)
• Spanish: Burdeos (es) m or f
• Turkish: Bordo (tr), Bordeaux (tr)
• Welsh: Bordo f, Bwrdiaws f, Bwrdios f

Noun

Bordeaux (countable and uncountable, plural Bordeaux or Bordeauxes or Bordeauxs)

1. A wine coming from that area.

   We had a nice bottle of Bordeaux last night.

   • 1989, Upscale: The Successful Black Magazine, page 68:

     Some fine Bordeauxes and Cabernets actually grow smoother as they sit, and are better served seven or eight years old.

2. Short for Bordeaux mixture.
   • 1898, Annual Report of the New Jersey State Agricultural Experiment Stations:

     The two Bordeauxs used differed only in the percentage of lime which they contained.

   • 1911, Station Bulletin, volumes 152–165, page 28:

     The patent Bordeauxs which are on the market have not been shown to be any less liable to produce injury than the home-made mixtures, amd many of them have proven quite inefficient in controlling diseases.

   • 1925, Drug and Chemical Markets, volume 16, page 338:

     Contrary to the views of many of the backers of Pickering Bordeaux, we have found a three to one Bordeaux just as good a fungicide as a Bordeaux in which only just enough lime is used to throw down all of the copper as a precipitate.

   • 1998, Pests of the Garden and Small Farm: A Grower's Guide:

     Avoid overhead irrigation After harvest and before fall rains, prune out and destroy old wood and apply a Bordeaux or a fixed copper fungicide. Spray again in spring when new laterals are leafing out[.]

Finnish

Etymology

From French Bordeaux (Middle French Bordeaulx), from Occitan Bordèu, from Old Occitan Bordel, from Latin Burdigala, from a Proto-Celtic root.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbordoː/, [ˈbo̞rdo̞ː]
• Rhymes: -ordoː

Proper noun

Bordeaux

1. Bordeaux (the capital city of the Gironde department, France; capital city of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine)

Declension

Inflection of Bordeaux (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation)
nominative		Bordeaux	—
genitive		Bordeaux’n	—
partitive		Bordeaux’ta	—
illative		Bordeaux’hon	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Bordeaux	—
accusative	nom.	Bordeaux	—
	gen.	Bordeaux’n
genitive		Bordeaux’n	—
partitive		Bordeaux’ta	—
inessive		Bordeaux’ssa	—
elative		Bordeaux’sta	—
illative		Bordeaux’hon	—
adessive		Bordeaux’lla	—
ablative		Bordeaux’lta	—
allative		Bordeaux’lle	—
essive		Bordeaux’na	—
translative		Bordeaux’ksi	—
abessive		Bordeaux’tta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Bordeaux (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Bordeaux’ni — accusative nom. Bordeaux’ni — gen. Bordeaux’ni genitive Bordeaux’ni — partitive Bordeaux’tani — inessive Bordeaux’ssani — elative Bordeaux’stani — illative Bordeaux’honi — adessive Bordeaux’llani — ablative Bordeaux’ltani — allative Bordeaux’lleni — essive Bordeaux’nani — translative Bordeaux’kseni — abessive Bordeaux’ttani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Bordeaux’si — accusative nom. Bordeaux’si — gen. Bordeaux’si genitive Bordeaux’si — partitive Bordeaux’tasi — inessive Bordeaux’ssasi — elative Bordeaux’stasi — illative Bordeaux’hosi — adessive Bordeaux’llasi — ablative Bordeaux’ltasi — allative Bordeaux’llesi — essive Bordeaux’nasi — translative Bordeaux’ksesi — abessive Bordeaux’ttasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Bordeaux’mme — accusative nom. Bordeaux’mme — gen. Bordeaux’mme genitive Bordeaux’mme — partitive Bordeaux’tamme — inessive Bordeaux’ssamme — elative Bordeaux’stamme — illative Bordeaux’homme — adessive Bordeaux’llamme — ablative Bordeaux’ltamme — allative Bordeaux’llemme — essive Bordeaux’namme — translative Bordeaux’ksemme — abessive Bordeaux’ttamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Bordeaux’nne — accusative nom. Bordeaux’nne — gen. Bordeaux’nne genitive Bordeaux’nne — partitive Bordeaux’tanne — inessive Bordeaux’ssanne — elative Bordeaux’stanne — illative Bordeaux’honne — adessive Bordeaux’llanne — ablative Bordeaux’ltanne — allative Bordeaux’llenne — essive Bordeaux’nanne — translative Bordeaux’ksenne — abessive Bordeaux’ttanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Bordeaux’nsa — accusative nom. Bordeaux’nsa — gen. Bordeaux’nsa genitive Bordeaux’nsa — partitive Bordeaux’taan Bordeaux’tansa — inessive Bordeaux’ssaan Bordeaux’ssansa — elative Bordeaux’staan Bordeaux’stansa — illative Bordeaux’honsa — adessive Bordeaux’llaan Bordeaux’llansa — ablative Bordeaux’ltaan Bordeaux’ltansa — allative Bordeaux’lleen Bordeaux’llensa — essive Bordeaux’naan Bordeaux’nansa — translative Bordeaux’kseen Bordeaux’ksensa — abessive Bordeaux’ttaan Bordeaux’ttansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

compounds

• bordeauxindoggi
• bordeauxviini

 

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French Bordeaulx, from Occitan Bordèu, from Old Occitan Bordel, from Latin Burdigala, from a Proto-Celtic root.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔʁ.do/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: Bor‧deaux

Proper noun

Bordeaux m

1. Bordeaux (the capital city of the Gironde department, France; capital city of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine)
2. a surname

Derived terms

• bordeaux

Related terms

• bordelais; Bordelais m, Bordelaise f

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Bordeaux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔr.dɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔrdɔ
• Syllabification: Bor‧deaux
• Homophones: bordeaux, bordo

Proper noun

Bordeaux n (indeclinable, related adjective bordoski)

1. Bordeaux (the capital and largest city of the Gironde department, France; capital and largest city of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine)

Related terms

nouns

• bordeaux

 

Further reading

• Bordeaux in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Bordeaux in PWN's encyclopedia