Bonbon
CebuanoEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Reduplication of Bon, clipped from Bonito.
Proper nounEdit
Bonbon
Etymology 2Edit
Ultimately from bunbon.
Proper nounEdit
Bonbon
- A barangay of Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Bonbon.
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /bɔ̃ˈbɔ̃/, [bɔ̃ˈbɔ̃ː], [bɔŋˈbɔŋ], [bɔm-] (prescriptive standard; chiefly southern in practice)
Audio (file)
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔm.bɔŋ/ (realistic standard in northern and central Germany; almost never nasalised)
- Hyphenation: Bon‧bon
NounEdit
Bonbon n or m (genitive Bonbons, plural Bonbons)
- hard candy
- (regional, including Austria) sweet, candy in general
Usage notesEdit
- The word is almost exclusively neuter in northern and central Germany. The masculine is quite common in the south.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Bonbon
Declension of Bonbon
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “Bonbon” in Duden online
TagalogEdit
Proper nounEdit
Bonbon
- (historical) A province of the Philippines; modern Batangas.