# boudin

> English word · Noun · IPA /buːˈdæ̃/ · frequency rank #88,141

## Definitions
1. A kind of blood sausage in French, Belgian, Luxembourgish and related cuisines.
2. A sausage in southern Louisiana Creole and Cajun cuisine, made from rice, ground pork (occasionally crawfish), and spices in a sausage casing.
3. A structure formed by boudinage: one or a series of elongated, sausage-shaped section(s) in rock.

## Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French boudin. Doublet of pudding. Cf. also poutine.

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