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Bordeaux Pronunciation
Bordeaux is pronounced bawr-DOH, IPA /bɔrˈdoʊ/.
bawr-DOH
US /bɔrˈdoʊ/
Syllables: bawr · DOH (2 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
proper noun: A city in south-west France, and the red wine made in the region around it.
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Bordeaux in a Sentence
- They opened a bottle of Bordeaux with the lamb.
- Bordeaux is a two-hour train ride from Paris.
- The 2015 Bordeaux vintage was widely praised.
Common Mispronunciations of Bordeaux
Not bawr-DOKS
The eaux ending is a single oh sound and the x is silent. French plurals in -eaux never sound the consonant.
Not BAWR-doh
English keeps the French rhythm for this name and puts the beat on the second half. A front-loaded version sounds like the word border.
Tip: Bordeaux, chateaux, and Rousseau all end on a plain oh with nothing after it.
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