English Explanatory Dictionary

bouillon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A clear seasoned broth made by simmering usually light meat, such as beef or chicken.
  2. A similar broth made by reconstituting, that is, by adding hot water to dried powder concentrate; the dried powder concentrate itself.
  3. An excrescence on a horse's frush or frog.
name
  1. A city in Luxemburg, Brussels, Belgium.

Pronunciation

/ˈbuː.jɒn/ /ˈbuː.jɒ̃/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bouillon.wav /ˈbʊlˌjɑn/ /ˈbʊljən/ /ˈbuˌjɑn/

Word forms

bouillon bouillons

Etymology

First attested 1656, from French bouillon, from the verb bouillir (“to boil”), from Old French boillir, from Latin bullīre (“to bubble, boil”), from bulla (“bubble”).

Related words

bullion

Derived words

bouillon cube court bouillon

Translations

Bashkir: һурпа Basque: salda Catalan: brou Chinese Mandarin: 清湯 /清汤 Czech: bujon Czech: bujón Czech: vývar Danish: bouillon Dutch: bouillon Esperanto: buljono Faroese: kjøtsoð Faroese: bótarsoð Faroese: drekkasúpan Faroese: buljong Finnish: lihaliemi French: bouillon German: Bouillon Greek: ζωμός Hungarian: erőleves Hungarian: húsleves Icelandic: kjötkraftur Ido: buliono Japanese: 肉羹 Japanese: ブイオン Japanese: 肉汁 Lithuanian: sultinys Norwegian Bokmål: buljong Norwegian Bokmål: kraft Polish: bulion Portuguese: caldo Romanian: bulion Russian: бульо́н Slovak: bujón Spanish: caldo Spanish: caldo concentrado Spanish: caldo en pasta Spanish: pasta de caldo Ukrainian: бульйо́н
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