bourg

Betekenis

burg, market town

Geslag

♂️ Manlik

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/buʁ/

Etimologie

Inherited from Middle French bourg, from Old French borc, burc, a borrowing from Frankish *burg, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *burgz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”). Cognate with English borough and burg.

Sinne

Le bourg n'est pas plus gros qu'un de ces hameaux .

The village is no bigger than one of these hamlets.