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Bordeaux
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English
138 - Place de la Bourse et le miroir d'eau - Bordeaux.jpg en Place de la Bourse in Bordeaux.
Alternative forms
en bordeaux common noun
Etymology
en city :bor fr:Bordeaux 1
en fr Bordeaux (en frm Bordeaulx), from en oc Bordèu, from en pro Bordel, from en la Burdigala, from a en cel-pro - root.
Pronunciation
bôr-dōʹ
en /bɔɹˈdoʊ/ GA
en /bɔːˈdəʊ/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bordeaux.wav Southern England
en əʊ 2
Proper noun
en Q1479 en capital city dept/Gironde c/France ; capital city r:pref/Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
en French.
Derived terms
en Lake Bordeaux B
Translations
city
Arabic: ar بُورْدُو f burdū, archaic ar بُرْذَال f
Asturian: ast Burdeos
Basque: eu Bordele
Breton: br Bourdel ?
Bulgarian: bg Бордо́ n
Catalan: ca Bordeus m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 波爾多 Bō'ěrduō
Corsican: co Bordeaux m, obsolete co Bordellu m
Danish: da Bordeaux n
Dutch: nl Bordeaux n
Farefare: gur Boddo, gur Buddigala
Finnish: fi Bordeaux
French: fr Bordeaux m
Middle French: frm Bordeaulx m
Galician: gl Bordeos m, gl Bordeaux mf
Georgian: ka ბორდო
German: de Bordeaux n
Greek: el Μπορντό n, el Μπορντώ n
Hebrew: he בּוֹרדוֹ Bordó
Hindi: hi बोर्दो
Irish: ga Bordeaux
Old Irish: sga Bordgal f
Italian: it Bordeaux m, obsolete it Bordello m, it Bordella f
Japanese: ja ボルドー Borudō
Korean: ko ^보르도
Latin: la Burdigala f
Marathi: mr बोर्डो ?
Occitan: oc Bordèu m
Old Occitan: pro Bordel m
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira بردو bordow
Polish: pl Bordeaux n
Portuguese: pt Bordéus f
Romanian: ro Bordeaux ?
Russian: ru Бордо́ m
Spanish: es Burdeos mf
Swedish: sv Bordeaux n
Turkish: tr Bordo, tr Bordeaux
Welsh: cy Bordo f, cy Bwrdiaws f, cy Bwrdios f
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Bordeaux is the 10274th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3138 individuals. Bordeaux is most common among White (65.36%), Black/African-American (14.09%) and American Indian/Alaskan Native (14.53%) individuals.
Noun
~ * + s
A wine coming from that area.
en We had a nice bottle of Bordeaux last night.
en 1989 Upscale: The Successful Black Magazine 68 Some fine Bordeauxes and Cabernets actually grow smoother as they sit, and are better served seven or eight years old.
en Bordeaux mixture.
en 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.
en 1911 Station Bulletin 152–165 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.
en 1925 Drug and Chemical Markets 16 338 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.
en 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[.]
Claret (color).
en Wines
Finnish
Etymology
From fi fr Bordeaux (fi frm Bordeaulx), from fi oc Bordèu, from fi pro Bordel, from fi la Burdigala, from a fi cel-pro - root.
Pronunciation
bordoo
Proper noun
fi:
fi Bordeaux Q1479
Declension
Bordeaux a o sg
Derived terms
fi compounds bordeauxindoggi bordeauxviini
French
fr:
Etymology
fr city :inh frm:Bordeaulx
fr frm Bordeaulx, from fr oc Bordèu, from fr pro Bordel, from fr la Burdigala, from a fr cel-pro - root.
Pronunciation
fr Fr-Paris--Bordeaux.ogg Paris
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-Bordeaux.wav <<France>> (<<Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Bordeaux.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Bordeaux.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-Bordeaux.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Bordeaux.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
fr o 2
fr Bor deaux
Proper noun
f
fr Bordeaux Q1479
fr
Derived terms
fr bordeaux
Related terms
fr bordelais; fr Bordelais m, fr Bordelaise f
Italian
Etymology
From it fr Bordeaux.
Pronunciation
Bordó°
Proper noun
m
it Bordeaux Q1479
Derived terms
it bordeaux
Related terms
it bordolese mf
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl city :bor fr:Bordeaux + 1
Pronunciation
bordo LL-Q809 (pol)-Poemat-Bordeaux.wav bordeaux,bordo Bor.deaux
Proper noun
n 1 bordoski
pl Bordeaux Q1479
Related terms
pl nouns bordeaux
Further reading
pl exonyms