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Bougie Pronunciation
Bougie is pronounced BOO-zhee, IPA /ˈbuˌʒi/.
BOO-zhee
US /ˈbuˌʒi/ · UK /ˈbaʊdʒi/
Syllables: BOO · zhee (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
adjective and noun: In informal use, pretentiously upmarket; in medicine, a thin flexible instrument for opening a passage in the body.
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Bougie in a Sentence
- The new coffee place is a bit bougie for me.
- He bought bougie olive oil and regretted it.
- The surgeon passed a bougie to check the airway.
Common Mispronunciations of Bougie
Not BOO-gee
The g is the soft zh of measure and beige, so the second half is zhee and never a hard gee.
Not boo-ZHEE
Front stress, with the first beat loud and zhee running out behind it.
Tip: The slang sense is sometimes spelled boujee and said BOO-jee, which is a separate development from bourgeois.
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