BOUGIE


Meaning of BOUGIE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbü-ˌzhē, -ˌjē ]

noun

Etymology: French, from Bougie, seaport in Algeria

Date: 1755

1. : a wax candle

2.

a. : a tapering cylindrical instrument for introduction into a tubular passage of the body

b. : suppository

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.