See also: bordeaux and bordeaux'

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Etymology

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

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Bordeaux

 
Place de la Bourse in Bordeaux.
  1. The capital city of the Gironde department, France; capital city of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

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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

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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbordoː/, [ˈbo̞rdo̞ː]

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Bordeaux

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

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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

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French

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Etymology

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

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Bordeaux m

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

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Polish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French Bordeaux.

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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)
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