different between burgundy vs jeroboam

English

Etymology

1881, from attributive use of Burgundy (“wine from Burgundy”) from Burgundy wine from Burgundy (“region of France”) + wine.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?.??n.di/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b?.??n.di/

Noun

burgundy (countable and uncountable, plural burgundies)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Burgundy (red wine).
2. A dark red colour tinged with purple, like that of Burgundy (red) wine.

Translations

Adjective

burgundy (comparative more burgundy, superlative most burgundy)

1. Of a deep purple red color like that of Burgundy wine.
   • 1981, Texas Monthly (volume 9, number 1, page 96)

     She and her beige-chemised assistant entered the salonlike fourth-floor showroom and were ushered into a smaller private room with burgundy carpeting that matched Rubylee's J. Tiktiner print dress.

Translations

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:burgundy.

Related terms

• beef bourguignon
• bourguignonne

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}

English

Noun

jeroboam (plural jeroboams)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Jeroboam: a very large wine bottle.

Derived terms

• jerry