# Bordeaux

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /bɔɹˈdoʊ/ · frequency rank #18,029

## Definitions
1. The capital city of Gironde department, France; the capital city of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
2. A surname from French.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der.
Proto-Celtic *bitus?
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs
Proto-Celtic *rīxs?
Gaulish Biturīgesder.
Latin Burdigala
Old Occitan Bordel
Occitan Bordèubor.
Middle French Bordeaulx
French Bordeauxbor.
English Bordeaux
Borrowed from French Bordeaux (Middle French Bordeaulx), from Occitan Bordèu, from Old Occitan Bordel, from Latin Burdigala, from a Proto-Celtic root.

## Common misspellings (11)
`bbordeaux`, `bodreaux`, `bordaeux`, `borddeaux`, `bordeauxx`, `bordeaxu`, `bordeuax`, `boredaux`, `borrdeaux`, `brodeaux`, `obrdeaux`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bordeaux