beef bourguignon

/ˈbiːf ˌbʊə(ɹ)ɡɪnˈjɒn/

noun

A French stew dish, consisting of beef, red wine, garlic and vegetables.

Meanings

beef bourguignon1

nounbeef bourguignon (usually uncountable, plural beef bourguignons)

plural beef bourguignons · alternative beef Bourguignon

  1. uncountableusuallyA French stew dish, consisting of beef, red wine, garlic and vegetables.

    Synonyms: bœuf bourguignon

beef Bourguignon2

nounbeef Bourguignon (usually uncountable, plural beef Bourguignons)

plural beef Bourguignons

  1. uncountableusuallyAlternative letter-case form of beef bourguignon.

    More winter means more opportunities for burbling pots of comfort, like my classic beef Bourguignon.

    2026 February 4, Melissa Clark, “Six More Weeks of Stews”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
    2 more examples

    “And look, here's the world's biggest Kit Kat,” trills Heston [Blumenthal]. […] “Heston, lovey, this big-food thing has to stop now. Can you do this for me, sweetheart? It's weird and no-one is enjoying it. Shall we go back to a proper kitchen and make a nice beef Bourguignon? And eat it off plates, not out of a watering can emitting dry ice?”

    2012 December 15, Grace Dent, “Grace Dent on TV: Jamie and Jimmy's Food Fight Club, Channel 4”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2022

    The dish we had in Paris was a variation of beef Bourguignon — that classic preparation of beef stewed in red wine — but in place of beef stood large chunks of braised eggplant.

    2022 October 13, Ben Mims, “Eggplant Bourguignon? Oui to the vegan treatment for this classic French dish”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Oct 2022

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA French stew dish, consisting of beef, red wine, garlic and vegetables.

Origin

  1. Frenchbœuf bourguignon
  2. Englishbeef bourguignon

Partial calque of French bœuf bourguignon.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian гове́ждо Бургиньо́н
  • гове́ждо Бургиньо́н (govéždo Burginjón)beef dish
Chinese Cantonese 紅酒燴牛肉 /红酒烩牛肉
  • 紅酒燴牛肉 /红酒烩牛肉beef dish
Chinese Mandarin 红酒燉牛肉, 勃艮第红酒燉牛肉
  • 红酒燉牛肉beef dish
  • 勃艮第红酒燉牛肉beef dish
Finnish burgundinpata
  • burgundinpatabeef dish
French bœuf bourguignon, bœuf à la bourguignonne
  • bœuf bourguignonbeef dish
  • bœuf à la bourguignonnebeef dish
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APA

beef bourguignon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beef%20bourguignon

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“beef bourguignon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beef%20bourguignon. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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