boudin

Borrowed from French boudin.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /buːˈdæ̃/, /ˈbuː.dæ̃/
• (US) IPA^(key): /buˈdæ̃/

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boudin (plural boudins)

1. A Cajun sausage originating in Southern Louisiana made from rice, ground pork (occasionally crawfish), and spices in sausage casing.

• boudin blanc
• boudin noir

From Vulgar Latin *botellinus, from Latin botellus (“small sausage”)[1], the diminutive form of botulus (“sausage, black pudding; intestine”).

• IPA^(key): /bu.dɛ̃/

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boudin m (plural boudins)

1. (approximately) blood sausage, black pudding
2. (inflatable) tube, ring
3. (colloquial, derogatory) fatty, lardy (person)

• boudin blanc
• faire du boudin: see bouder (“to sulk”)

• → English: boudin

• “boudin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).