different between bouillabaisse vs bouillon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bouillabaisse, from Occitan bolhabaissa, bouiabaisso, possibly a compound of bolhir (“to boil”) +? abaissar (“to lower (the temperature)”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?bu?j??be?s/, /-?b?s/, /?bu?j??be?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?buj??be?s/, /?buj??be?s/
• Rhymes: -e?s
• Hyphenation: bouil?la?baisse

Noun

bouillabaisse (countable and uncountable, plural bouillabaisses)

1. A type of fish soup or stew from Provence, France.
2. (figuratively) A mixture.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hodgepodge, Thesaurus:mixture

   • 2021, Ian Millhiser, The Supreme Court just backed away from one of its cruelest death penalty decisions, vox.com, February 12 2021

     Both Dunn cases came to the Court on the “shadow docket,” a bouillabaisse of emergency motions and other matters that do not receive full briefing and oral argument before the justices decide a case.

Translations

References

Further reading

• bouillabaisse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Occitan bolhabaissa, possibly a compound of bolhir (“to boil”) +? abaissar (“to lower [temperature]”), equivalent to bouillir +? abaisser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.ja.b?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Noun

bouillabaisse f (countable and uncountable, plural bouillabaisses)

1. bouillabaisse (fish soup from Provence)

Further reading

• “bouillabaisse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

First attested 1656, from French bouillon, from the verb bouillir (“to boil”), from Old French boillir, from Latin bull?re, present active infinitive of bulli? (“I bubble, boil”), from bulla (“bubble”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?bu?.j?n/, /?bu?.j??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?l?j?n/, /?b?lj?n/, /?bu?j?n/

Noun

bouillon (countable and uncountable, plural bouillons)

1. A clear seasoned broth made by simmering usually light meat, such as beef or chicken.
2. An excrescence on a horse's frush or frog.

Hypernyms

• (type of broth): broth

Hyponyms

• Scotch broth

Derived terms

• bouillon cube
• court bouillon

Related terms

• bullion (bulk gold or silver)

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French bouillon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu(l)?j?n/
• Hyphenation: bouil?lon
• Rhymes: -?n

Noun

bouillon m (plural bouillons, diminutive bouillonnetje n)

1. stock, broth (water in which meat (or other food) has been boiled)

   Synonym: vleesnat

2. (dated) bullion, fringe of gold or silver wire

   Synonym: cantille

Derived terms

• bouillonblokje

French

Etymology

bouillir +? -on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.j??/

Noun

bouillon m (plural bouillons)

1. broth (water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled)
2. bubble rising from a boiling liquid
3. gulp of liquid which escapes forcefully
4. flesh rising on a fold
5. risen fold of cloth
6. unsold copies of a publication
7. simple restaurant, which originally served only bouillon

Derived terms

• boire le bouillon
• boire le bouillon d'onze heures
• bouillon de culture
• bouilloire
• bouillon-blanc
• bouillonnement
• bouillonner
• bouillotte

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Further reading

• “bouillon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Gallo

Etymology

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Noun

bouillon m

1. mud

Derived terms

• bouillounou (“muddy”)