boudin

noun

bou·​din bü-ˈdan How to pronounce boudin (audio)
-ˈdaⁿ
plural boudins bü-ˈdanz How to pronounce boudin (audio)
-ˈdaⁿ
1
: blood sausage
2
: a spicy Cajun sausage containing rice and meat (such as pork) or seafood

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Egg rolls are stuffed with local boudin and lacquered with satsuma pepper glaze. — Beth D'addono, NOLA.com, 11 Jan. 2021 These days, visitors come for boudin balls and crawfish étouffée. — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 July 2021 More familiar favorites like Louisiana frog legs and boudin balls are on a few menus. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 May 2026 Groups crowded into cozy window seats sipping glasses of natural wine, then ran into more friends and decided to stay for a late dinner of oysters and boudin blanc in the next-door dining room. — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for boudin

Word History

Etymology

Louisiana French & French, sausage

First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of boudin was in 1829

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