bordeaux
/bɔɹˈdoʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.36 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The capital city of Gironde department, France; the capital city of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
name
A surname from French.
Example Sentences
- "We had a nice bottle of Bordeaux last night."
- "Some fine Bordeauxes and Cabernets actually grow smoother as they sit, and are better served seven or eight years old."
- "The two Bordeauxs used differed only in the percentage of lime which they contained."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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[.]"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Proto-Celtic *bitus? Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxs? Gaulish Biturīgesder. Latin Burdigala Old Occitan Bordel Occitan Bordèubor. Middle French Bordeaulx French Bordeauxbor. English Bordeaux Borrowed from French Bordeaux (Middle French Bordeaulx), from Occitan Bordèu, from Old Occitan Bordel, from Latin Burdigala, from a Proto-Celtic root.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /bɔɹˈdoʊ/
- British English: /bɔːˈdəʊ/