Standard Lemma guide

bouillon

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbuː.jɒn/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbuː.jɒ̃/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈbʊlˌjɑn/
  • General-American: /ˈbʊljən/
  • General-American: /ˈbuˌjɑn/
  • CMU ARPABET: B UW2 W IH1 L AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A city in Luxemburg, Brussels, Belgium.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A clear seasoned broth made by simmering usually light meat, such as beef or chicken.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

An excrescence on a horse's frush or frog.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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5

noun

Meaning 5

a clear seasoned broth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: broth

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French Bouillon.

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”).

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: Bouillon — city of Luxemburg
  • Hindi: बूयों (būyõ) — city of Luxemburg
  • Latin: Bulliōnium — city of Luxemburg
  • Walloon: Bouyon — city of Luxemburg
  • Bashkir: һурпа (hurpa) — a clear seasoned broth
  • Basque: salda — a clear seasoned broth
  • Catalan: brou — a clear seasoned broth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 清湯 /清汤 (qīngtāng) — a clear seasoned broth
  • Czech: bujon — a clear seasoned broth
  • Czech: bujón — a clear seasoned broth
  • Czech: vývar — a clear seasoned broth
  • Danish: bouillon — a clear seasoned broth
  • Dutch: bouillon — a clear seasoned broth
  • Esperanto: buljono — a clear seasoned broth
  • Faroese: kjøtsoð — a clear seasoned broth
  • Faroese: bótarsoð — a clear seasoned broth
  • Faroese: drekkasúpan — a clear seasoned broth
  • Faroese: buljong — a clear seasoned broth
  • Finnish: lihaliemi — a clear seasoned broth
  • French: bouillon — a clear seasoned broth
  • German: Bouillon — a clear seasoned broth
  • Greek: ζωμός (zomós) — a clear seasoned broth
  • Hungarian: erőleves — a clear seasoned broth
  • Hungarian: húsleves — a clear seasoned broth
  • Icelandic: kjötkraftur — a clear seasoned broth
  • Ido: buliono — a clear seasoned broth
  • Japanese: 肉羹 (nikukō) — a clear seasoned broth
  • Japanese: ブイオン (buion) — a clear seasoned broth
  • Japanese: 肉汁 (nikujū) — a clear seasoned broth
  • Lithuanian: sultinys — a clear seasoned broth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: buljong — a clear seasoned broth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kraft — a clear seasoned broth
  • Polish: bulion — a clear seasoned broth
  • Portuguese: caldo — a clear seasoned broth
  • Romanian: bulion — a clear seasoned broth
  • Russian: бульо́н (bulʹón) — a clear seasoned broth
  • Slovak: bujón — a clear seasoned broth
  • Spanish: caldo — a clear seasoned broth
  • Spanish: caldo concentrado — a clear seasoned broth
  • Spanish: caldo en pasta — a clear seasoned broth
  • Spanish: pasta de caldo — a clear seasoned broth
  • Ukrainian: бульйо́н (bulʹjón) — a clear seasoned broth