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English

Etymology

From Old French bourdon#Old French|bourdon ‘drone’ (French bourdon#French|bourdon), from Proto-Romance, of imitatory origin.

Pronunciation

IPA: /'bʊədən/

Noun

bourdon

In the Context of the burden or bass of a melody
:* 1985: The earth tremors resumed and made a bourdon to the loud psalms that they sang, interspersed with the odd ode of Horace recited by Silas. — Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked
the drone pipe of a bagpipe
the lowest-pitched stop of an organ
the lowest-pitched of a peal of bells
a bumblebee

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French

Pronunciation

IPA: /buʁ.dɔ̃/
An audio transcript can be found at Fr-bourdon.ogg

Noun

bumblebee (species of bee)

Category:fr:Insects

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bourdon \Bour"don\, n. [F., fr. L. burdo mule, esp. one used for
carrying litters. Cf. Sp. muleta a young she mule; also,
crutch, prop.]
A pilgrim's staff.
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bourdon \Bour"don`\, n. [F. See Burden a refrain.] (Mus.)
(a) A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See
Burden (of a song.)
(b) A kind of organ stop.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet bourdon
n : a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single
continuous tone [syn: drone, drone pipe]