bon

From French bon (“voucher, ticket”), from the adjective bon (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”). Compare also German Bon (“receipt, voucher”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈb̥ʌŋ]

Noun edit

bon c (singular definite bonen, plural indefinite boner)

receipt

Declension edit

Declension of bon

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bon	bonen	boner	bonerne
genitive	bons	bonens	boners	bonernes

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈb̥oˀn]

Verb edit

bon

imperative of bone

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈb̥ʌŋˀ]

Verb edit

bon

imperative of bone

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French bon.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /bɔn/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: bon
Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun edit

bon m (plural bonnen or bons, diminutive bonnetje n)

receipt
(Netherlands) ticket, fine (e.g. for speeding)
Synonym: bekeuring
voucher
Synonym: cheque

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

→ Caribbean Javanese: bon
→ Indonesian: bon
→ Papiamentu: bòn
→ Sranan Tongo: bon

Franco-Provençal edit

Etymology edit

From Latin bonus (“good”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /bɔ̃/

Adjective edit

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bon m (feminine singular bonna, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bonnes)

good
Comment el est bon de vos veir !
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right, correct
Totes voutres réponses sont bonnes !
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(slang, slightly vulgar, of a woman) sexy
Cela fenna est vrai bonna !
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Antonyms edit

mauvais, mal

Related terms edit

ben
bontá

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French bon, from Old French bon, from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /bɔ̃/, (before a vowel) /bɔ.n‿/
Audio (France, Paris) (file)
Rhymes: -ɔ̃
Homophones: bond, bonds, bons

Adjective edit

bon (feminine bonne, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bonnes, comparative meilleur, superlative le meilleur)

good
Antonym: mauvais

Near-synonym: bien
right, correct, appropriate
Antonyms: faux, incorrect

Near-synonym: exact

le bon usage ― the correct usage

être dans la bonne direction ― to be going the right way, to be heading the right way

Choisissez la bonne réponse. ― Choose the correct response.
(slang, slightly derogatory, of a woman) sexy, hot, smoking hot
Cette meuf est fin bonne !
That chick is fine as hell!

Usage notes edit

Only three French adjectives have an irregular comparative:
¹ bon ⇒ meilleur (“better”)

² mauvais ⇒ pire (“worse”)

³ petit ⇒ moindre (“smaller; lesser”)

Antonyms edit

mauvais, mal

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

bien
bonté

Noun edit

bon m (plural bons)

voucher, ticket, coupon
Synonyms: coupon, billet

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

→ German: Bon

Interjection edit

bon

well; OK

Derived terms edit

ah bon

Friulian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin bonus (“good”).

Noun edit

bon

good

Adjective edit

bon m (feminine buine)

good

Antonyms edit

trist, cjatîf, brut, frait

Related terms edit

ben
bontât

Guinea-Bissau Creole edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese bom. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bon.

Adjective edit

bon

good

Haitian Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French bon (“good”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /bɔ̃/

Adjective edit

bon

good

Hungarian edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈboːn]^[1]
Rhymes: -on

Noun edit

bon (plural bonok)

voucher

Usage notes edit

It is usually pronounced with a long o but its spelling is bon rather than bón.

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	bon	bonok
accusative	bont	bonokat
dative	bonnak	bonoknak
instrumental	bonnal	bonokkal
causal-final	bonért	bonokért
translative	bonná	bonokká
terminative	bonig	bonokig
essive-formal	bonként	bonokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	bonban	bonokban
superessive	bonon	bonokon
adessive	bonnál	bonoknál
illative	bonba	bonokba
sublative	bonra	bonokra
allative	bonhoz	bonokhoz
elative	bonból	bonokból
delative	bonról	bonokról
ablative	bontól	bonoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	boné	bonoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	bonéi	bonokéi

Possessive forms of bon
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	bonom	bonjaim
2nd person sing.	bonod	bonjaid
3rd person sing.	bonja	bonjai
1st person plural	bonunk	bonjaink
2nd person plural	bonotok	bonjaitok
3rd person plural	bonjuk	bonjaik

Indonesian edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈbɔn/
Hyphenation: bon

Etymology 1 edit

From Dutch bon (“receipt”), from French bon, from Middle French bon, from Old French bon, from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”). Cognate of Danish bon (“receipt”).

Noun edit

bon (first-person possessive bonku, second-person possessive bonmu, third-person possessive bonnya)

receipt.
Synonyms: faktur, invois, kuitansi, resi

Derived terms edit

mengebon

Related terms edit

bonus

Etymology 2 edit

From Dutch bond (“bond”), from Middle Dutch bund, from Proto-Germanic *bandaz, *bandiz (“band, fetter”). Cognate of English bond.

Noun edit

bon (first-person possessive bonku, second-person possessive bonmu, third-person possessive bonnya)

union, association, guild.
Synonym: perserikatan

Interlingua edit

Adjective edit

bon (comparative melior, superlative le melior or le optime)

good

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

bon

Rōmaji transcription of ぼん

Kabuverdianu edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese bom.

Adjective edit

bon

good

Ladin edit

Etymology edit

From Latin bonus.

Adjective edit

bon m (feminine singular bona, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bones)

Malay edit

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

bon

Wikipedia ^ms

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English bond.

Noun edit

bon (Jawi spelling بون, plural bon-bon, informal 1st possessive bonku, 2nd possessive bonmu, 3rd possessive bonnya)

(finance) bond: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract.

Synonyms edit

obligasi (rare, predominantly in Indonesia)

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old English bān, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

Alternative forms edit

ban, bane, bone, boon

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /bɔːn/
(early) IPA^(key): /bɑːn/
(Northern) IPA^(key): /baːn/

Noun edit

bon (plural bon or bones)

bone

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

English: bone
Geordie English: byen
Scots: bane, bean, bain
Yola: bane

References edit

“bōn, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2 edit

Adjective edit

bon

Alternative form of boun

Middle French edit

Alternative forms edit

bõ (some manuscripts)

Etymology edit

From Old French bon.

Adjective edit

bon m (feminine singular bonne, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bonnes) (comparative meilleur, superlative meilleur)

good (virtuous, having positive qualities)

Descendants edit

French: bon

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /buːn/

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse bǫrn, plural of barn.

Noun edit

bon n pl (definite bona or boni)

plural of bån
- 1984, Jon Hvitsand, Soga om Hørteverket, [Hørte]: Hørtesogelaget, page 64:
  På Ulefoss blei det set i gang ein slags skule for bona på verket.
  At Ulefoss, a school was opened for the children of the factory.
- 1890, Jørund Telnes, Netar [Nights], Kristiania, page 53:
  „Mat!“ ropar Boni og tuttrar og græt.
  "Food!" cry the children, whining and weeping.
- 1853, Ivar Aasen, Prøver af Landsmaalet i Norge, Christiania: Carl C. Werner & Comp., page 55:
  Bon'i deires va ſtore, aa dei eldſte va vakſne jamvæl
  Their children were big, the eldest even were grownups.
- c. 1770, Edvard Storm, “Åt Monken”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 241:
  Vælkomne te Vaagaa mæ Kiæring aa Bon
  Welcome to Vågå with wife and children
- 1704, “Hap up qvar Ejn Bærge tind”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 66:
  utu Likna ingen hejl [e]l End fær mæ Bonom
  From likeness none rather than one gets with [his] children

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

bon

imperative of bone

References edit

Ivar Aasen (1850) “Barn”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎^[2] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

Old English edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /boːn/

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-West Germanic *bōn, from Proto-Germanic *bōnō or *bōnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”).

Noun edit

bōn f (nominative plural bōna)

ornament

Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Shortening of bōgan.

Verb edit

bōn

Alternative form of bōgan

Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

boen, boun, buen, bun

Etymology edit

From Latin bonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /bun/
Rhymes: -un

Adjective edit

bon m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bone, comparative meillor, superlative meillor)

good (not evil)
good (not of poor quality)

Declension edit

Declension of bon

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	bons	bone	bon
Singular	Oblique	bon	bone		bone	bon
Plural	Subject	bon	bones		bon
Plural	Oblique	bons	bones		bones	bon

Related terms edit

bien
bonté / bunté

Descendants edit

Middle French: bon
- French: bon
Picard: boin
Walloon: bon
→ Middle English: boon, bone
- English: boon
- Scots: boon

Old Occitan edit

Alternative forms edit

bo

Etymology edit

From Latin bonus.

Adjective edit

bon m (feminine singular bona, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bonas)

good (not evil)
good (not of poor quality)

Descendants edit

Occitan: bon

Papiamentu edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese bom and Kabuverdianu bon.

Adjective edit

bon

good

Polish edit

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

bon

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French bon, from Middle French bon, from Old French bon, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew-.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /bɔn/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔn
Syllabification: bon

Noun edit

bon m inan

coupon, voucher (piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services)
Synonyms: kupon, kwit, talon, voucher

Declension edit

Declension of bon

	singular	plural
nominative	bon	bony
genitive	bonu	bonów
dative	bonowi	bonom
accusative	bon	bony
instrumental	bonem	bonami
locative	bonie	bonach
vocative	bonie	bony

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French bon, ultimately from Latin bonus. Doublet of bun, bonă, and bonus.

Noun edit

bon n (plural bonuri)

voucher, ticket, coupon

Declension edit

Declension of bon

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) bon	bonul	(niște) bonuri	bonurile
genitive/dative	(unui) bon	bonului	(unor) bonuri	bonurilor
vocative	bonule		bonurilor

Slovene edit

Etymology edit

From German Bon.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /bóːn/

Noun edit

bọ̑n m inan

voucher

Inflection edit

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	bón
gen. sing.	bóna
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bón	bóna	bóni
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bóna	bónov	bónov
dative (dajȃlnik)	bónu	bónoma	bónom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bón	bóna	bóne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bónu	bónih	bónih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bónom	bónoma	bóni

Sranan Tongo edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Dutch boom.

Noun edit

bon

tree

Swedish edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /buːn/

Noun edit

bon

inflection of bo:
1. definite singular
2. indefinite plural

Torres Strait Creole edit

Etymology edit

From English bone.

Noun edit

bon

bone

Venetian edit

Alternative forms edit

bòn, bón

Etymology edit

From Latin bonus. Compare Italian buono.

Adjective edit

bon (feminine singular bona, masculine plural boni, feminine plural bone) (Alternative masculine plural: buni)

good

Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔn˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔŋ˧˧]

Verb edit

bon • (𨁼)

to roll (on wheels)
- 2001, Chu Lai, chapter 7, in Cuộc đời dài lắm, NXB Văn học:
  Nói xong hắn lại ra xe, chiếc xe máy vào loại sang và đẹp nhất thị trấn không đưa hắn trở về nhà mà bon thẳng xuống khu lán của Hà Thương.
  After he finished speaking, he went out to his vehicle, and the motorbike, one of the fanciest and most beautiful in town, did not take him home but instead drove straight down to Hà Thương's hovel.

Volapük edit

Noun edit

bon (nominative plural bons)

bean

Declension edit

declension of bon

	singular	plural
nominative	bon	bons
genitive	bona	bonas
dative	bone	bones
accusative	boni	bonis
vocative ¹	o bon!	o bons!
predicative ²	bonu	bonus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms edit

bonik

Walloon edit

Etymology edit

From Old French bon, from Latin bonus (“good”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /bɔ̃/

Adjective edit

bon

good

Antonyms edit

måva, mwais

bon

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