Bon

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bon"

English

Alternative forms

• Bön

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan བོན (bon).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɒn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɑn/

Proper noun

Bon

1. An indigenous Tibetan religion, in many ways akin to Tibetan Buddhism.

   Synonym: Bonism (uncommon)

Coordinate terms

religionsedit

• agnosticism
• Asatru
• atheism
• Ayyavazhi
• Baháʼí Faith
• Bon
• Buddhism
• Cao Dai
• Cheondoism
• Christianity
• deism
• Druidry
• Druze
• Eckankar
• Heathenry
• Hinduism
• Islam
• Jainism
• Jediism
• Judaism
• Kimbanguism
• Odinism
• paganism
• Pastafarianism
• Raëlism
• Rastafarianism
• Rodnovery
• Romuva
• Samaritanism
• Sanamahism
• Shinto
• Sikhism
• Taoism
• Tengrism
• Thelema
• Unitarian Universalism
• Wicca
• Yahwism
• Yazidism
• Yoruba
• Zoroastrianism

See also

• Bon Wier

Anagrams

• BN(O), BNO, Nob, nob

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbon]

Proper noun

Bon m anim (female equivalent Bonová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Bon (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Bon	Bonové
genitive	Bona	Bonů
dative	Bonovi	Bonům
accusative	Bona	Bony
vocative	Bone	Bonové
locative	Bonovi	Bonech
instrumental	Bonem	Bony

Further reading

• “Bon”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

German

Etymology

18th century, borrowed from French bon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̃/, [bɔŋ], [bɔ̃ː]
  • Denasalized [bɔŋ] is strongly predominant in Germany (as also in Bonbon).

  • Audio:

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  • Homophone: Bong
• IPA^(key): /boːn/ (alternatively in Austria)

Noun

Bon m (strong, genitive Bons, plural Bons)

1. voucher
   1. receipt

      Synonyms: Quittung, Beleg, Kassenzettel

      Wollen Sie den Bon? ― Do you want the receipt?

   2. coupon

      Synonyms: Marke, Wertmarke, Coupon / Kupon

      Ein Bier kostet zwei Bons. ― A beer costs two coupons.

Declension

Declension of Bon [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bon	die	Bons
genitive	eines	des	Bons	der	Bons
dative	einem	dem	Bon	den	Bons
accusative	einen	den	Bon	die	Bons

Hyponyms

• Getränkebon
• Kassenbon

Derived terms

• bongen
• bonieren

Further reading

• “Bon” in Duden online
• “Bon” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Japanese

Romanization

Bon

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぼん

Norman

Proper noun

Bon m

1. a male given name

Old Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈbon/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈbon/

Proper noun

Bon m pers

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Bon (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Bon	Bony	Boni, Bonové
genitive	Bona	Bonú	Bonóv
dative	Bonu, Bonovi	Bonoma	Bonóm
accusative	Bona	Bony	Bony
vocative	Bone	Bony	Boni, Bonové
locative	Bonu, Bonovi	Bonú	Boniech
instrumental	Bonem	Bonoma	Bony

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Bon”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Plautdietsch

Noun

Bon f (plural Bone)

1. track, railway

Derived terms

• Bonhoff

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔŋ˧˧]
• Homophone: bon

Proper noun

Bon

1. a male given name
   • 2020, Thái Trà, “ĐH Duy Tân giành giải nhất cuộc thi học thuật về y tế”, in Zing news‎^[1]:

     Vượt qua 226 thí sinh đến từ các trường y dược trên toàn quốc, Đỗ Thế Bon - sinh viên ngành Bác sĩ đa khoa, ĐH Duy Tân đã xuất sắc giành giải nhất tại cuộc thi học thuật về y tế.

     Beating 226 other contestants from medical schools all over the country, Đỗ Thế Bon — a General Practitioner student at Duy Tân University — outstandingly won the first prize in a medical scholarship contest.