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boudin

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /buːˈdæ̃/
  • UK: /ˈbuː.dæ̃/
  • US: /buˈdæ̃/
  • Louisiana: /ˈbudæ̃/
  • Louisiana: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: B UW1 D IH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A kind of blood sausage in French, Belgian, Luxembourgish and related cuisines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A sausage in southern Louisiana Creole and Cajun cuisine, made from rice, ground pork (occasionally crawfish), and spices in a sausage casing.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A structure formed by boudinage: one or a series of elongated, sausage-shaped section(s) in rock.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French boudin. Doublet of pudding. Cf. also poutine.