bourbon

== English == === Etymology === From bourbon whiskey, originally Bourbon whiskey, of disputed provenance. Generally taken to derive from Bourbon County, Kentucky, but possibly also from Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. Both derive from the French Bourbon dynasty, named for the lordship of French Bourbon l'Archambault. The town's name derives from Borvo, a local Celtic deity associated with hot springs, from Proto-Celtic *borvo (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to be hot, boil”). See also Borvo. === Pronunciation === whiskey IPA(key): /ˈbɜː(ɹ).bən/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bən biscuit IPA(key): /ˈbʊə(ɹ).bən/, /ˈbɔː(ɹ).bən/ Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)bən, -ɔː(ɹ)bən === Noun === bourbon (countable and uncountable, plural bourbons) A whiskey distilled in the United States from a mixture of grains in which at least 51% is corn, aged in charred, new oak barrels. A serving of bourbon whiskey. A Bourbon biscuit. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Hypernyms ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Chinese: 波本 (bōběn) ==== Translations ==== === References === == Finnish == === Etymology === English bourbon === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈburbon/, [ˈburbo̞n] Rhymes: -urbon === Noun === bourbon synonym of bourbonviski (“bourbon”) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === bourbon m (plural bourbons) bourbon === References === “bourbon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbouɾbon/ [ˈbou̯ɾ.β̞õn] Rhymes: -ouɾbon Syllabification: bour‧bon === Noun === bourbon m (plural bourbons) bourbon === Further reading === “bourbon”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025