bonbon
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French bonbon, reduplication of bon (“good”), from Latin bonus.
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Noun edit
bonbon (plural bonbons)
- A sweet, especially a small chocolate-covered candy.
- (cooking) A small, spherical savory snack or canapé.
- The terrine was served with black pudding bonbons.
- (Australia, South Africa) A Christmas cracker.
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Noun edit
bonbon m inan
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
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bonbon m (plural bonbons, diminutive bonbonnetje n)
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Descendants edit
- → Indonesian: bonbon
French edit
Etymology edit
Reduplication of bon.
The standard rule in French is to write m in front of /m/, /p/ or /b/ – the rule does not apply to the words derived from bon: embonpoint, bonbonne and bonbonnière.
Pronunciation edit
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bonbon m (plural bonbons)
- sweet, candy
- 1964, Jacques Brel (lyrics and music), “Les bonbons”, in Les bonbons:
- Je vous ai apporté des bonbons / Parce que les fleurs c’est périssable / Puis les bonbons c’est tellement bon / Bien que les fleurs soient plus présentables / Surtout quand elles sont en boutons / Mais je vous ai apporté des bonbons
- I brought you sweets / Because flowers are perishable / And the sweets are so good / Even though flowers would be more presentable / Especially when they're buds / But I brought you sweets
- 2017 October 19, “Hallohallo”, in Le Coupe-Circuit [The Circuit Breaker], Konami:
- Hallo, hallo, vide du cerveau,
Plus d’entrailles, pas de ventre rond.
Friand de bonbons et chamallows,
Attention à toi et à ton sac de bonbons.- Hallo, hallo, brain is hollow,
More of guts, none of a round belly.
Tasty of sweets and marshmallows,
Watch yourself and your sack of candy.
- Hallo, hallo, brain is hollow,
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Descendants edit
- → Bulgarian: бонбон (bonbon)
- → English: bonbon
- → German: Bonbon
- → Ladino: bombón
- → Ottoman Turkish: بون بون (bonbon)
- Turkish: bonbon
- → Portuguese: bombom
- → Romanian: bomboană
- → Sotho: dipompong
- → Spanish: bombón
Adverb edit
bonbon
Further reading edit
- “bonbon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch bonbon, from French bonbon, reduplication of bon (“good”), from Latin bonus.
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Noun edit
bonbon (first-person possessive bonbonku, second-person possessive bonbonmu, third-person possessive bonbonnya)
- bonbon
- Synonyms: kembang gula, gula-gula, permen
Further reading edit
- “bonbon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Romanian edit
Noun edit
bonbon n (plural bonboane)
Declension edit
Declension of bonbon
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) bonbon | bonbonul | (niște) bonboane | bonboanele |
genitive/dative | (unui) bonbon | bonbonului | (unor) bonboane | bonboanelor |
vocative | bonbonule | bonboanelor |