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noun, masculine

bourg

/buʁ/

noun, masculine/buʁ/plural: bourgs

burg, market town

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