Polyglot Dictionary

boudin

/bu.dɛ̃/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les boudins

Meaning

  1. blood sausage

    • Le boudin se mange traditionnellement avec des pommes.

      Blood sausage is traditionally eaten with apples.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual

Similar words

saucisse

Boudin specifically means blood sausage, made with blood; saucisse is the general word for sausage.

Similar in other languages

German

Blutwurst

Blutwurst is the German word for the same thing — both mean "blood sausage."

Portuguese

morcela

morcela is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "blood sausage."

Practice

1 What does boudin mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ se mange traditionnellement avec des pommes.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches boudin?

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