burgundy

Other forms of burgundy

plural

burgundies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about burgundy

What does burgundy mean?

burgundy means "a former province of eastern France that is famous for its wines". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in burgundy?

burgundy has 3 syllables: bur-gun-dy. The stress falls on "bur". In IPA it is /ˈbɝɡəndi/.

What is another word for burgundy?

Close synonyms include Bourgogne, Burgundy wine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is burgundy a common word?

burgundy is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.