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English
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
Noun
bouillon (countable and uncountable , plural bouillons )
A clear seasoned broth made by simmering usually light meat , such as beef or chicken .
A similar broth made by reconstituting , that is, by adding hot water to dried powder concentrate ; the dried powder concentrate itself.
An excrescence on a horse's frush or frog.
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Translations
a clear seasoned broth
Bashkir: һурпа
Basque: salda
Catalan: brou (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 清湯 / 清汤 (zh) ( qīngtāng )
Czech: bujon (cs) m , bujón m , vývar (cs)
Danish: bouillon (da) c
Dutch: bouillon (nl) m
Esperanto: buljono
Faroese: kjøtsoð n , bótarsoð n , drekkasúpan f , buljong f
Finnish: lihaliemi (fi)
French: bouillon (fr) m
German: Bouillon (de) f
Greek: ζωμός (el) m ( zomós )
Hungarian: erőleves (hu) , húsleves (hu)
Icelandic: kjötkraftur (is) m
Ido: buliono (io)
Japanese: 肉羹 ( にくこう, nikukō ) , ブイオン ( buion ) , 肉汁 (ja) ( nikujū )
Lithuanian: sultinys m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: buljong m , kraft (no) m or f
Polish: bulion (pl) m
Portuguese: caldo (pt) m
Romanian: bulion (ro) n
Russian: бульо́н (ru) m ( bulʹón )
Slovak: bujón m
Spanish: caldo (es) m
Ukrainian: бульйо́н (uk) m ( bulʹjón )
See also
bullion ( bulk precious metal (possibly related) )
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French bouillon .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /bu(l)ˈjɔn/
Hyphenation: bouil‧lon
Rhymes: -ɔn
Noun
bouillon m (plural bouillons , diminutive bouillonnetje n )
stock , broth ( water in which meat (or other food) has been boiled )
Synonym: vleesnat
( dated ) bullion , fringe of gold or silver wire
Synonym: cantille
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French
Etymology
From bouillir + -on .
Pronunciation
Noun
bouillon m (plural bouillons )
broth (water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled)
bubble rising from a boiling liquid
gulp of liquid which escapes forcefully
flesh rising on a fold
risen fold of cloth
unsold copies of a publication
simple restaurant , which originally served only bouillon
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References
Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique . Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
Further reading
Gallo
Etymology
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Noun
bouillon m
mud
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