bougainvillée

French

Alternative forms

• bougainvillier

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Bougainvillea. Named after French admiral and explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729–1811).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.ɡɛ̃.vi.le/

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Noun

bougainvillée f (plural bougainvillées)

1. (botany) bougainvillea (Bougainvillea)

Further reading

• “bougainvillée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.