mi

El ât mi, noutre ovreire é dressai lai sope

It's noon, our worker has prepared the soup


vivre

a mythical creature similar to a wyvern living in different parts of Burgundy (especially in Tonnerre)


autre

From Old French autre, from Latin alterum.


Pâques

From Old French pasques, pasches, from Latin pascha.


haine

From Old French haïne, from Frankish *hati, from Proto-Germanic *hataz. Cognate with French haine, English hate.


aige

Inherited from Old French aage, eage, edage, from Vulgar Latin *aetāticum, derived from Latin aetās.


leit

From a variation of Old French lit, from Latin lectus.


peuple

From Old French pueple, from Latin populus.

people (in the sense of nationality or ethnic group)


caisse

From Middle French caisse, ultimately from Latin capsa (“box”).


aze

Inherited from Old French aise. Cognate with French aise, Champenois âge Walloon åjhe and Franco-Provençal éso.


fanne

head

fanne f (plural fannes, masculine houme)


pome

From Old French pome, from Latin poma, plural of pomum.


jor

From Old French jor, from Late Latin diurnum.


heule

From Latin oleum with addition of unetymological "h".


langaige

From Old French language, from Vulgar Latin *linguāticum, from Latin lingua.


ovraige

From Latin operaticum or Latin operatica.


leugne

From a variant of Old French lune, from Latin lūna.


couque

Borrowed from Middle Dutch coeke during the 15th century; at that time, the Dukes of Burgundy had conquered the Nederlands and Flanders.


treufe

Related to French truffe (“truffle”). Semantically comparable to German Kartoffel, another word which originated from a word for truffle but which means potato.


chevau

From Old French cheval, from Latin caballus.


aâ

From Old French iaue, from Latin aqua. See French eau, Latin aqua.


orgoil

From Old French orgoil, from Vulgar Latin *orgollium, from Proto-West Germanic *uʀgōllju (“pride, arrogance”).


voizous

head

voizous f (plural voizous, feminine voizouze)


eâ

From Old French iaue, from Latin aqua. See Bourguignon aâ in the Morvan.


requeneussance

requeneussance f (plural requeneussances)


quelôgne

Deformation of quenoille, maybe through confusion with cueue lôgne, "long tail". Originally from Old French quenoille, from Latin colacula. See French quenouille.


lôquance

Probably from shortening of Bourguignon élôquance, borrowed from Latin eloquentia.


moître

moître m (plural moîtres, feminine moîtrôsse)


pât

From Old French [Term?], from Latin pastus.

J’aivons conviai les voizins ài prarre de lai pât d’aivô ein morceâ de paing !

We have invited the neighbours to come take a bit of food and a piece of bread!


ménétrei

ménétrei m (plural ménétreis, feminine ménétreille or ménétreire)

ménétreis (plural)
ménétreille (feminine)
ménétreire (feminine)

Ç’ât le ménétrei qui meune lai feîte !


maufleit

maufleit m (plural maufleits, feminine maufleite)


métei

need (under this sense, only used in aivoi métei de, "to need")


jâne

From Old French gehenne, from Latin gehenna (“Hell”).


aigôton

From the verb gôtai ("to taste"), cognate to French agoûton.

a piece of food to taste before eating it


aigôton de cueuveâ

aigôton de cueuveâ m (plural aigôtons de cueuveâ)

See aigôton, from gôtai ("to taste") + cueuveâ from cueuve ("a tank, tub")


messire chaicun

messire chaicun m (plural messires chaicun or messires chaicuns)

messires chaicun (plural)
messires chaicuns (plural)

the term of address to one of the members of the Parlament of Burgundy before the French Revolution


toneâ

barrel; round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop


cueuve

From Old French cuve, from Latin cūpa. Doublet of cope, which came through a Late Latin intermediary variant.


genô

From Old French genoil. Compare French genou.


marulei

From Latin matricularius. Cognate to French marguillier.


pregneire

From a variant of Old French prangier, from a derivative of Latin prandium; cf. the verb prandeō.


cheivre

From Latin capra. Cognate with French chèvre.


ouseâ

From Old French oisel, from Late Latin aucellus.


gâçôte

(funny, refers to a boyly girl) little girl

funny; refers to a boyly girl; funny; refers to a boyly girl


oille

From Latin ovicula. Cognate with French ouaille.


chait

chait m (plural chaits, feminine chaite)


chevaulei

chevaulei m (plural chevauleis, feminine chevauleire)

chevauleis (plural)
chevauleire (feminine)

From Old French chevalier, from Late Latin caballarius, from Latin caballus.


pélereing

pélereing m (plural pélereings, feminine pélereigne)

pélereings (plural)
pélereigne (feminine)


pélereigne

pélereigne f (plural pélereignes, masculine pélereing)

pélereignes (plural)
pélereing (masculine)


blaude

uniform coat with buttons down the front


airchainge

From Old French, borrowed from Latin archangelus.


aibai

aibai m (plural aibais, feminine aibôsse)


aibôsse

aibôsse f (plural aibôsses, masculine aibai)


soulôt

From Vulgar Latin *solettus. Compare French soleil, from an alternative Vulgar diminutive.


aicréditaicion

aicréditaicion f (plural aicréditaicions)


aidministraicion

aidministraicion f (plural aidministraicions)


aigleutinaicion

aigleutinaicion f (plural aigleutinaicions)


significaicion

significaicion f (plural significaicions)


gueîpe

From Late Latin vespa, of Germanic origin.


sautereâ

From sautai + -eâ. See also sauterâle, it's feminine form and synonym.


clôche

From Early Medieval Latin clocca, from Gaulish.


aibeille

From Occitan abelha, from Latin apicula. See aiville, inherited from Latin apicula.


mousque

From Occitan mosca. Doublet of Doublet of môche.


parpoillon

From Latin papillio. Doublet of Doublet of pampillon and paivillon.


crâ

From Dutch kraai. See also corbeâ, a synonym inherited from Latin.


sauterâle

From sautai + -âle. See also sautereâ, it's masculine form and synonym.


corbeâ

From Latin corvus. See also crâ, a synonym of Germanic origin.


guârre

From Old French guerre, from Early Medieval Latin werra, from Frankish *werra.


pampillon

From Latin papillio. Doublet of parpoillon and paivillon.


moineâ

From moine ("a monk"), because of its plumage.


tantaicion

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin temptatio.


bolangei

bolangei m (plural bolangeis, feminine bolangeire)

bolangeis (plural)
bolangeire (feminine)


bochei

bochei m (plural bocheis, feminine bocheire)


cuzenei

cuzenei m (plural cuzeneis, feminine cuzeneire)


fricaissous

fricaissous m (plural fricaissous, feminine fricaissouze)

fricaissous (plural)
fricaissouze (feminine)


fonei

fonei m (plural foneis, feminine foneire)


autôritai

From Old French autorité, borrowed from Latin auctoritas.


aironde

From Latin harundo, itself from Gaulish. See also airondâle, its diminutive.


constreuzous

constreuzous m (plural constreuzous, feminine constreuzouze)

constreuzous (plural)
constreuzouze (feminine)


pompei

pompei m (plural pompeis, feminine pompeire)


pôlicei

pôlicei m (plural pôliceis, feminine pôliceire)


roizon

From Latin ratio. Doublet of Doublet of rageon.


chôze

From Latin causa. Doublet of Doublet of cauze.


éleude

From Old French esluide, from Latin exlucida.


frômaige

From Old French fromage, from Early Medieval Latin fōrmāticum. Compare French fromage.


grouzâle

From Dutch kroes. See also grouâle, an alternative form from the same origin.


maiçon

maiçon m (plural maiçons, feminine maiçone)

From Late Latin macio, of Germanic origin.


aivôcard

aivôcard m (plural aivôcards, feminine aivôcarde)

From Latin advocatus with addition of unetymological "r".


bocherie

Inherited from Old French boucherie; by surface analysis, bochei + -erie.


éleumignaicion

éleumignaicion f (plural éleumignaicions)


choue

Of Germanic or Gaulish origin. Cognate to French chouette, Dutch kaauw.


ignôçant

From Old French inocent, borrowed from Latin innocens (“innocent, etc.”).


chaipâle

From Old French chapele, from Latin cappella.


chaipeâ

From Old French chapel, from Early Medieval Latin cappellus, diminutive from Late Latin cappa.


chaircuterie

From châr (“flesh”) + cueut (“cooked”) + -erie (“-ery”).


chaipiteâ

From Latin capitulum, doublet of Doublet of chaipitre.


geleignôte des boos

geleignôte des boos f (plural geleignôtes des boos)


chaircutei

chaircutei m (plural chaircuteis, feminine chaircuteire)

chaircuteis (plural)
chaircuteire (feminine)

From châr (“flesh”) + cueut (“cooked”) + -ei.

butcher involved in a chaircuterie, a charcuterie.


galeigne

From Late Latin galina. Doublet of inherited Doublet of geleigne.


chaipitre

Inherited from Latin capitulum. Doublet of chaipiteâ.


geleigne

geleigne f (plural geleignes, masculine jau)

From Latin galina. Doublet of later borrowing Doublet of galeigne.


beâtai

From Old French biauté, from Vulgar Latin *bellitātem.


baiteâ

From Old French batel, from Old English bat.


cailcul

Borrowed from Latin calculus. Doublet of inherited Doublet of carcu.


mairande

From mairandai, or from a variant of Old French marende, from Latin merenda.


ovrei

ovrei m (plural ovreis, feminine ovreire)


Aipôcailypse

From Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis).


pairaidis

From Pairaidis (the christian Paradise).


miâle

From Latin merula. Doublet of marle, which is from French influence.


échaifaud

From Late Latin catafalaticum with unetymological é- due to French influence. Doublet of chaifaud, the inherited form.


chaifaud

From Old French chafaud. Doublet of échaifaud, which has a French influence.


podeine

From por + Dei + -ne added to avoid blasphemy.


vargôgne

From Old French vergogne, vergoigne, from Vulgar Latin *verecunnia, from Latin verecundia.


daimoizeâ

daimoizeâ m (plural daimoizeâs, feminine daimoizâle)

daimoizeâs (plural)
daimoizâle (feminine)


daimoizâle

daimoizâle f (plural daimoizâles, masculine daimoizeâ)

daimoizâles (plural)
daimoizeâ (masculine)


tôtevillon

(slang) someone who wants to do everything


paizan

paizan m (plural paizans, feminine paizaigne)


cueusse

From a variant of Latin cauda. See also coue.


poiyzan

poiyzan m (plural poiyzans, feminine poiyzaigne)


poiys

From a variant of Old French pais, from Late Latin pagensis, from Latin pagus.


pérégreignaicion

pérégreignaicion f (plural pérégreignaicions)


imaigeignaicion

imaigeignaicion f (plural imaigeignaicions)


porteurbaicion

porteurbaicion f (plural porteurbaicions)


draipeâ

Inherited from Old French drapel. Cognate with French drapeau, Angevin drapiau, Bourbonnais-Berrichon drapiau, Champenois draipé, Norman drapé, Picard drapieu, Walloon drapea, Franco-Provençal drapél and Occitan drapèl.


bôtoille

Inherited from Old French boteille, from Latin butticula. Cognate with French bouteille, Champenois boutoille, Norman boutelle, Walloon botaye, Franco-Provençal botelye, Occitan botelha.