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burgundy - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

Noun

burgundy (countable and uncountable, plural burgundies)

  • Alternative letter-case form of Burgundy (red wine).
  • A dark red colour tinged with purple, like that of Burgundy (red) wine.
    • ✤ burgundy:
    • ✤ Alternative form: (obsolete) Burgundy
    • ✤ * Burgundy is everywhere in fashion right now, thanks to Miu Miu and Saint Laurent, but a makeup item is an easier, more instantly gratifying way to get involved. It’s also extremely flattering on almost everyone. Eye colours just pop against burgundy and garnet.*1

Adjective

burgundy (comparative more burgundy, superlative most burgundy)

  • Of a deep purple red color like that of Burgundy wine.
    • ✤ Alternative form: (obsolete) Burgundy
    • ✤ 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.2

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /ˈbɜ.ɡən.di/
  • (US) IPA: /ˈbɝ.ɡən.di/
  • Audio (Australian): 🔊

Printed 2026-06-28.

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Footnotes

  1. 2024 April 26, Sali Hughes, “Burgundy is having a fashion moment – and it’s a flattering makeup shade, too”, in The Guardian ‎, →ISSN: ↩

  2. 1981, “Texas Monthly”, in, volume 9, number 1, page 96: ↩

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