bourg

bourg (plural bourgs)

1. Obsolete form of burgh.
2. Obsolete form of borough.

• Burgo

Inherited from Middle French bourg, from Old French borc, burc, a borrowing from Frankish *burg, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *burgz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”). Cognate with English borough and burg.

• IPA^(key): /buʁ/

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bourg m (plural bourgs)

1. burg, market town

• “bourg”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.