bouillon

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.jɒn/, /ˈbuː.jɒ̃/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.jɑn/, /ˈbʊl.jɑn/, /ˈbʊl.jən/, /ˈbʊ.li.ən/, /ˈbɔɪ.jɑn/

Noun

bouillon (countable and uncountable, plural bouillons)

1. A clear seasoned broth made by simmering usually light meat, such as beef or chicken.
2. An excrescence on a horse's frush or frog.

Etymology

Borrowed from French bouillon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bulˈjɔn/

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• Hyphenation: bouil‧lon
• Rhymes: -ɔn
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

bouillon m (plural bouillons, diminutive bouillonnetje n)

1. broth (water in which meat (or other food) has been boiled)

   Synonym: vleesnat

2. (dated) bullion, fringe of gold or silver wire

   Synonym: cantille

Etymology

bouillir +‎ -on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.jɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

bouillon m (plural bouillons)

1. broth (water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled)
2. bubble rising from a boiling liquid
3. gulp of liquid which escapes forcefully
4. flesh rising on a fold
5. risen fold of cloth
6. unsold copies of a publication
7. simple restaurant, which originally served only bouillon

Further reading

• “bouillon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Noun

bouillon m

1. mud