bouillon
See also: Bouillon
English
Etymology
First attested 1656, from French bouillon, from the verb bouillir (“to boil”), from Old French boillir, from Latin bullīre, present active infinitive of bulliō (“I bubble, boil”), from bulla (“bubble”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bouillon (countable and uncountable, plural bouillons)
Hypernyms
- (type of broth): broth
Related terms
- bullion (bulk gold or silver)
Translations
a clear seasoned broth
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bu(l)ˈjɔn/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bouil‧lon
- Rhymes: -ɔn
Noun
bouillon m (plural bouillons, diminutive bouillonnetje n)
Derived terms
- bouillonblokje
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bu.jɔ̃/
Audio (file)
Noun
bouillon m (plural bouillons)
- broth (water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled)
- bubble rising from a boiling liquid
- gulp of liquid which escapes forcefully
- flesh rising on a fold
- risen fold of cloth
- unsold copies of a publication
- simple restaurant, which originally served only bouillon
Related terms
- boire le bouillon
- boire le bouillon d'onze heures
- bouilloire
- bouillon-blanc
- bouillonnement
- bouillonner
- bouillotte
References
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
Further reading
- “bouillon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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