HOW TO PRONOUNCE
bouillon
/ˈbʊljən/
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BOOL-yun: finish with a light un.
The first vowel matches the oo in “book.” Let the l lead into a brief y sound; the final n belongs to the same unstressed syllable.
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“She stirred a spoonful of bouillon into the pan.”
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Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗What does bouillon mean?
noun
- A clear seasoned broth made by simmering usually light meat, such as beef or chicken.
- A similar broth made by reconstituting, that is, by adding hot water to dried powder concentrate; the dried powder concentrate itself.
- An excrescence on a horse's frush or frog.
More meanings (1)
proper noun
- A city in Luxemburg, Brussels, Belgium.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbʊljən/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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And he himself brought her the golden-brown bouillon, in a dainty Sèvres cup, with a flaky cracker or two on the saucer.
Helene had charge of the kitchen, and it was she who prepared the bouillon.
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Washington lacked literary ability, while in the hand of Jefferson, the pen was as masterful as the sword in the clutch of Saladin or Godfrey of Bouillon.
Wagner knew a man who was made ill by the odor of bouillon of crabs.
It is a germ-free fluid prepared by growing the tubercle bacillus in culture medium (bouillon) until charged with the toxic products of their growth.