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# bordeaux

«bordeaux» in Mova's school dictionary: **Bordeaux, a big city in south-west France, on the river…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a name; Bordeaux; bordeaux for the wine, bordeaux colour)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (a name) Bordeaux, a big city in south-west France, on the river Garonne. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bordeaux/#m1)

2) A red or white wine made in the area around Bordeaux (often «claret» in the UK). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bordeaux/#m2)

3) A deep red colour like that wine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bordeaux/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons, Bordeaux is a French port city famous for wine. Grown-ups talk about Bordeaux wine at dinner. In French it is said bor-DOH; the «x» and «eau» are not said as in English.

### examples

- Bordeaux is in the south-west of France. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bordeaux/#x1)
- We stopped in Bordeaux on our holiday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bordeaux/#x2)
- Dad ordered a glass of Bordeaux with dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bordeaux/#x3)
- Her coat is a rich bordeaux colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bordeaux/#x4)
- The grapes for Bordeaux wine grow along the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bordeaux/#x5)

### note

Usually written with a capital B. Sounds like bor-DOH. It is a French place name used in English. Wine is only for adults.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bordeaux» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bordeaux/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.