Bonbon
Cebuano edit
Etymology 1 edit
Reduplication of Bon, clipped from Bonito.
Proper noun edit
Bonbon
- a diminutive of the male given names Bonito or Bonifacio
- a diminutive of the male given names Yvonne or Shivonne
Etymology 2 edit
Ultimately from bunbon.
Proper noun edit
Bonbon
- A barangay of Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Bonbon.
German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /bɔ̃ˈbɔ̃/, [bɔ̃ˈbɔ̃ː], [bɔŋˈbɔŋ], [bɔm-] (prescriptive standard; chiefly southern in practice)
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- IPA(key): /ˈbɔm.bɔŋ/ (realistic standard in northern and central Germany; almost never nasalised)
- Hyphenation: Bon‧bon
Noun edit
Bonbon n or m (strong, genitive Bonbons, plural Bonbons)
- hard candy
- (regional, including Austria) sweet, candy in general
Usage notes edit
- The word is almost exclusively neuter in northern and central Germany. The masculine is quite common in the south.
Declension edit
Declension of Bonbon [neuter // masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
- Knallbonbon (“Christmas cracker”)
Further reading edit
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from bunbon.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /bonˈbon/, [bomˈbon]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: Bon‧bon
Proper noun edit
Bonbón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜈ᜔ᜊᜓᜈ᜔) (historical)
- Taal Lake
- A province of the Philippines; modern Batangas