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boeuf Bourguignonne

boeuf Bourguignonne

8.9
A French beef stew cooked with red wine, mushrooms, and onions
  • noun
  • /bœf bur-gin-yawn/
translation icon : boeuf bourguignon
  • We enjoyed a hearty serving of boeuf Bourguignonne during our trip to Paris.

Examples

  • The chef recommended the boeuf Bourguignonne for its rich flavors and tender beef.

  • Have you ever tried boeuf Bourguignonne?

  • She decided to make boeuf Bourguignonne for the dinner party, impressing all her guests.

  • I love boeuf Bourguignonne for dinner.

  • She decided to make boeuf Bourguignonne for the dinner party, impressing all her guests.

  • The chef recommended the boeuf Bourguignonne for its rich flavors and tender beef.

  • We enjoyed a hearty serving of boeuf Bourguignonne during our trip to Paris.

Synonyms

beef stew
vsboeuf Bourguignonne
9 1.0

A dish of beef cooked slowly with vegetables in liquid

is the specific French version using wine mushrooms and onions
beef Bourguignonne
vsboeuf Bourguignonne
8.3

A French dish of beef cooked slowly in red wine with mushrooms and onions

has identical meaning but uses the French name form

Surface Forms

boeuf Bourguignonne singular
boeuf Bourguignonnes plural

Morphology

boeuf + bourguignonne

The phrase literally combines 'boeuf' (beef) with 'bourguignonne' (Burgundian-style, i.e. prepared with red wine and mushrooms), so the meaning 'beef cooked in the Burgundian manner' is directly derivable from the constituents. Although a French culinary loan, the composition is transparent and comparable dish names exist across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will understand it.

Etymology

Boeuf Bourguignonne is a French name: boeuf means 'beef' and Bourguignonne means 'from Burgundy', a region famous for red wine, so cooks would stew beef in wine with onions and mushrooms. That's why today it means a dish of beef cooked in red wine and vegetables.