bougie

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French bougie (“wax candle”), after the Algerian city Bougie (Béjaïa), and the tapered, hand-dipped candles it made. The medical instruments were originally made from waxed linen. Doublet of bugia. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbuːʒi/, enPR: bo͞oʹzhē Rhymes: -uːʒi ==== Noun ==== bougie (plural bougies) (medicine) A tapered cylindrical instrument for introducing an object into a tubular anatomical structure, or to dilate such a structure, as with an esophageal bougie. 2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, Alfred A. Knopf (2001), 12, I was not too sure, as a child, what doctors "did," and glimpses of catheters and bougies in their kidney dishes, retractors and speculums, rubber gloves, catgut thread, and forecepts - all this, I think, rather frightened me, though it fascinated me too. A wax candle. === Etymology 2 === From bourgeoisie. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbuːʒi/, enPR: bo͞oʹzhē ==== Adjective ==== bougie (comparative bougier, superlative bougiest) (slang, usually derogatory) Behaving like or pertaining to people of a higher social status, middle-class / bourgeois people (sometimes carrying connotations of fakeness, elitism, or snobbery). Synonyms: chichi, classy, high and mighty, ritzy, saditty, snobby, snooty, posh (British, Canada, slang) Fancy or good-looking, without the same connotations of snobbery or pretentiousness as in sense 1. ===== Alternative forms ===== bourgie, boojie, boujee, boujée ===== Derived terms ===== boughetto bougieness ===== Related terms ===== bourgie ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== bougie (plural bougies) (chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang, usually derogatory) A person who exhibits bougie behavior. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== bougie (plural bougies) Alternative spelling of bowjy (“shed for cattle or sheep”). == French == === Etymology === From Bougie, the French name for the Algerian town of Béjaïa بجاية, formerly known for exporting candle wax. Attested 1300 for "fine candle wax", and 1493 for "candle made from such wax". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bu.ʒi/ === Noun === bougie f (plural bougies) candle spark plug ==== Derived terms ==== bougeoir bougie à boule ==== Related terms ==== chandelle cierge ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: bugia → Dutch: bougie → English: bougie → Greek: μπουζί (bouzí) → Gulay: bùjì → Romanian: bujie → Spanish: bujía → Turkish: buji === Further reading === “bougie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 “bougie” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.