Burgundy

Meaning

Name

1. A historical region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
2. An early-medieval kingdom and later former duchy in France and the Netherlands.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A variety of wine from this region, chiefly red wine made with pinot noir grapes.
2. (countable, uncountable) A variety of wine resembling that of Burgundy; especially from Australia or California.
3. (alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable) Obsolete form of burgundy.

Adj

Obsolete form of burgundy.

Synonyms

Bourgogne

Burgundy wine

burgundy

Translations

Bourgogne

Borgogna

Borgoña

Burgund

Borgonha

bourgogne

Bourgondië

Βουργουνδία

Borgonya

Burgundia

Burgonya

بورغوندي

La Traque

borgogna

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɜːɡəndi/

Etymology

From Late Latin Burgundia, from Burgundiones (“highlanders”), from Proto-Germanic *bergundijô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high, mighty”). Doublet of Bourgogne.
Burgundy (wine) is an abbreviation of the attributive use of the regional name, in Burgundy wine.