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How to Say ‘A little bottle of Bordeaux’ in French

Une petite bouteille de bordeaux

ewn puh-TEET boo-tey duh bor-DOH

[ewn puh-TEET boo-tey duh bor-DOH]

💬 Usage Tip: Wine names like bordeaux are written lowercase, while the region is Bordeaux. Petite comes before the noun and takes an -e to match bouteille.

Phrase Breakdown

Une petite bouteille

ewn puh-TEET boo-tey

A little bottle

'Petite' here is affectionate and modest. In speech it is often 'un'ptite bouteille'.

Example

Une petite bouteille d'eau.

A small bottle of water.

Words in this phrase

Une

[ewn]

a / an

An indefinite article used before feminine singular nouns.

Example

Une rencontre comme celle-ci peut ouvrir des portes.

A meeting like this can open doors.

petite

[puh-TEET]

small / little

A feminine adjective meaning small or little.

Example

Une petite bougie suffit pour marquer l'occasion.

A small candle is enough to mark the occasion.

bouteille

[boo-tey]

bottle

A container with a narrow neck.

Example

Une bouteille d'eau.

A bottle of water.

de bordeaux

duh bor-DOH

of Bordeaux wine

'Bordeaux' refers to the wine, so it takes a lowercase 'b'. Say 'bor-do'; the 'x' is silent.

Example

Un verre de bordeaux.

A glass of Bordeaux.

Words in this phrase

[duh]

Expressing the relationship between part and a whole.

Example

Un verre de lait.

A glass of milk.

bordeaux

[bor-DOH]

Bordeaux

A famous wine-growing region in France.

Example

Le vin de Bordeaux.

Bordeaux wine.

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