Meanings
burgeon1
burgeon2
present singular third person burgeons · participle present burgeoning · participle past burgeoned · past burgeoned · alternative obsolete bourgeon
- intransitiveTo swell to the point of bursting.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
burgeon · noun
- Late Latinburra“wool, fluff”
- Vulgar Latin*burrionem
- Old Frenchburjon“bud”
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
- Proto-Germanic*burjaną“to raise up”
- Proto-Germanic*burjô“sprout, descendant, offshoot”
- Frankish*burjō“sprout, offshoot, descendant”
- Anglo-Normanburjun
- Middle Englishburjon, burjoun“shoot, bud”
- Englishburgeon
From Middle English burjon, burjoun (“shoot, bud”), from Anglo-Norman burjun, burgeon, burgon (compare Old French burjon (“a bud”)), from Old Frankish *burjō (“sprout, offshoot, descendant”), from Proto-Germanic *burjô (“sprout, descendant, offshoot”), from Proto-Germanic *burjaną (“to raise up”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Compare Old High German burjan, burien, burren (“to push up, raise”), Old English byrian (“to come up, occur”), Old English byre (“child, son, descendant”), Albanian buron (“sprout, spring, gush out”). More at bear. Alternate etymology derives Old French burjon (“bud”) from Vulgar Latin *burrionem, accusative of *burrio, from Late Latin burra (“wool, fluff”) (presumably from the down covering certain buds).
More words from Middle English, Anglo-Norman, Frankish
Full word history & related roots →burgeon · verb
- Old Frenchborjoner, bourjoner, burjuner
- Middle Englishburjounen
- Englishburgeon
From Middle English burjounen, from Old French borjoner, bourjoner, burjuner.
More words from Middle English, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian процъфтявам, цъфтя
- процъфтявам (procăftjavam)to grow or expand
- цъфтя (căftja)of plants, to bloom, bud
Catalan brot, lluc
- brotbud, sprout, shoot
- llucbud, sprout, shoot
- borróbud, sprout, shoot
- botóbud, sprout, shoot
- ullbud, sprout, shoot
- brotarto grow or expand
- rebrotarto grow or expand
- créixerto grow or expand
Czech růst, rozrůstat se
- růstto grow or expand
- rozrůstat seto grow or expand
- vzkvétatto grow or expand
- rozvíjet seto grow or expand
- kvéstof plants, to bloom, bud
- rašitof plants, to bloom, bud
Dutch uitgroeien, opbloeien
- uitgroeiento grow or expand
- opbloeiento grow or expand
- bloeienof plants, to bloom, bud
Esperanto burĝono
- burĝonobud, sprout, shoot
Finnish kasvaa, kukoistaa
- kasvaato grow or expand
- kukoistaato grow or expand
- paisuato swell to the point of bursting
- kukoistaaof plants, to bloom, bud
French bourgeon, croître
- bourgeonbud, sprout, shoot
- croîtreto grow or expand
- bourgeonnerrto swell to the point of bursting
- fleurirof plants, to bloom, bud
- bourgeonnerof plants, to bloom, bud
German sprießen, sprießen
- sprießento grow or expand
- sprießenof plants, to bloom, bud
Hindi कली, तेजी से बढ़ना या फेलना
- कली (kalī)bud, sprout, shoot
- तेजी से बढ़ना या फेलना (tejī se baṛhnā yā phelnā)to grow or expand
Japanese 萌える
- 萌えるof plants, to bloom, bud
Polish pączek, rozkwitać
- pączekbud, sprout, shoot
- rozkwitaćto grow or expand
- rozkwitnąćto grow or expand
- rozrastać sięto grow or expand
- rozrosnąć sięto grow or expand
- pęczniećto swell to the point of bursting
- napęczniećto swell to the point of bursting
- spęczniećto swell to the point of bursting
- pączkowaćof plants, to bloom, bud
- rozkwitaćof plants, to bloom, bud
- rozkwitnąćof plants, to bloom, bud
Portuguese desabrochar
- desabrocharto grow or expand
Romanian înmuguri, înflori
- înmuguriof plants, to bloom, bud
- înfloriof plants, to bloom, bud
Russian росток, разрастаться
- росток (rostok)bud, sprout, shoot
- разрастаться (razrastatʹsja)to grow or expand
- наливаться (nalivatʹsja)to swell to the point of bursting
- распускаться (raspuskatʹsja)of plants, to bloom, bud
Spanish brote, retoño
- brotebud, sprout, shoot
- retoñobud, sprout, shoot
- medrarto grow or expand
- florecerof plants, to bloom, bud
- retoñarof plants, to bloom, bud
Swedish knopp, spira
- knoppbud, sprout, shoot
- spirato grow or expand
- knoppasof plants, to bloom, bud
- spiraof plants, to bloom, bud
Ukrainian брунька, паросток
- брунька (brunʹka)bud, sprout, shoot
- паросток (parostok)bud, sprout, shoot
- пуп'янок (pupʺjanok)bud, sprout, shoot
- розростатися (rozrostatysja)to grow or expand
- розпускатися (rozpuskatysja)of plants, to bloom, bud
- розцвітати (rozcvitaty)of plants, to bloom, bud
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with burgeon
All rhymes →Cite this entry
burgeon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burgeon
“burgeon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burgeon. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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