Noun: boudin
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | boudin |
| Plural m | boudins |
Sample Sentences
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Bof ! c'est peut-être ma tante, mais c'est un gros boudin quand même. (Humph! She may be my aunt, but she's still a fatso.) [1984, Jacques Sadoul, La chute de la maison Spencer, J'ai Lu, page 70:]
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Alors que n'importe quel boudin peut se faire n'importe quel type. (While any uggo can screw whatever guy she wants.) [1991, Marc Zmirov, Julia:]
Nouns inflected like boudin
trichogramme,
wintergreen,
urinoir,
contrespionnage,
aréomètre,
palefroi,
whiskey,
whippin,
tee-shirt,
hypocycloïde,
surrisque,
lanternon,
dissentiment,
phonogramme,
phonographe,
trioxygène,
fétichisme,
synode,
synthé,
modérantisme, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Inherited from Middle French boudin, from Old French boudin, of uncertain origin. Possibly from a root *bod- (“swollen”), possibly from Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European *bed- (“to swell”) (Pok. 96), from *bʰew- (“to swell”) (Pok. 98-102). This would suggest a connection with Proto-Germanic *paddǭ (“toad”).
2. The derivation from Vulgar *botellinus, from botellus (“small sausage”), the diminutive form of botulus (“sausage, black pudding; intestine”) is disputed on phonological grounds; as the outcome of botellus is Old French boel (> modern boyau), this may instead require a Vulgar Latin *bolet(t)inus for boudin.
Verbs referencing "boudin"
Italian Nouns
bondiola, Polish Nouns
budyń.
Translations