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bon

See also: Bon, BON, bón, bốn, bôn, bön, Bön, and Appendix:Variations of "bon"

Abinomn edit

Noun edit

bon

  1. (anatomy) shoulder

Bourguignon edit

Etymology edit

From Latin bonus.

Adjective edit

bon (feminine bone, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bones, comparative moillous, superlative moillous)

  1. good

Antonyms edit

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

bon

  1. good; alternative form of bo

Usage notes edit

The form bon is used as the masculine singular form when the adjective precedes the noun, and bo is used in all other cases.

Related terms edit

References edit

  • “bo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cimbrian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Preposition edit

bon

  1. (Mezzaselva) Alternative form of von

Etymology 2 edit

Contraction edit

bon

  1. (Mezzaselva) Alternative form of von

Danish edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bon c (singular definite bonen, plural indefinite boner)

  1. receipt
Declension edit
Declension of bon
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bon bonen boner bonerne
genitive bons bonens boners bonernes

Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): [ˈb̥oˀn]

Verb edit

bon

  1. imperative of bone

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): [ˈb̥ʌŋˀ]

Verb edit

bon

  1. 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)

  1. receipt
  2. (Netherlands) ticket, fine (e.g. for speeding)
    Synonym: bekeuring
  3. 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

Adjective edit

bon m (feminine singular bonna, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bonnes, comparative meillor, superlative lo meillor)

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

Related terms edit

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

Adjective edit

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

  1. good
    Antonym: mauvais
    Near-synonym: bien
  2. 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.
  3. (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

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Noun edit

bon m (plural bons)

  1. voucher, ticket, coupon
    Synonyms: coupon, billet

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • → German: Bon

Interjection edit

bon

  1. well; OK

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Friulian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin bonus (“good”).

Noun edit

bon

  1. good

Adjective edit

bon m (feminine buine)

  1. good

Antonyms edit

Related terms edit

Guinea-Bissau Creole edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese bom. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bon.

Adjective edit

bon

  1. good

Haitian Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French bon (“good”).

Adjective edit

bon

  1. good

Hungarian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bon (plural bonok)

  1. 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

Further reading edit

  • bon in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • bon in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)

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)

  1. receipt.
    Synonyms: faktur, invois, kuitansi, resi
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

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)

  1. union, association, guild.
    Synonym: perserikatan

Further reading edit

Interlingua edit

Adjective edit

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

  1. good

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

bon

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぼん

Kabuverdianu edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese bom.

Adjective edit

bon

  1. good

Ladin edit

Etymology edit

From Latin bonus.

Adjective edit

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

  1. able
  2. good
  3. probable

Malay edit

 
Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
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)

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

Synonyms edit

  • obligasi (rare, predominantly in Indonesia)

Further reading edit

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bon (plural bon or bones)

  1. bone
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit

Etymology 2 edit

Adjective edit

bon

  1. 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)

  1. good (virtuous, having positive qualities)

Descendants edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse bǫrn, plural of barn.

Noun edit

bon n pl (definite bona or boni)

  1. 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

  1. imperative of bone

References edit

Old English edit

Pronunciation edit

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)

  1. ornament
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Shortening of bōgan.

Verb edit

bōn

  1. Alternative form of bōgan

Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin bonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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

  1. good (not evil)
  2. good (not of poor quality)

Declension edit

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

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Old Occitan edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin bonus.

Adjective edit

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

  1. good (not evil)
  2. good (not of poor quality)

Descendants edit

Papiamentu edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese bom and Kabuverdianu bon.

Adjective edit

bon

  1. good

Polish edit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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

Noun edit

bon m inan

  1. 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

Further reading edit

  • bon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

bon n (plural bonuri)

  1. 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

Noun edit

bọ̑n m inan

  1. 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

  1. tree

Swedish edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bon

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

Torres Strait Creole edit

Etymology edit

From English bone.

Noun edit

bon

  1. bone

Venetian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin bonus. Compare Italian buono.

Adjective edit

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

  1. good

Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

bon • (𨁼)

  1. 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)

  1. 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

Walloon edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

bon

  1. good

Antonyms edit

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