bonbonnière

See also: bonbonniere

French

Etymology

From bonbon +‎ -ière.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̃.bɔ.njɛʁ/

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• Homophone: bonbonnières
• Hyphenation: bon‧bo‧nnière

Noun

bonbonnière f (plural bonbonnières)

1. candy box
2. (figuratively, informal) small, exquisite house

Descendants

• → English: bonbonniere
• → Friulian: bomboniere
• →? Georgian: ბონბონიერი (bonbonieri)
• → Italian: bomboniera
• →⇒ Russian: бонбонье́рка (bonbonʹjérka)
  • → Armenian: բոնբոներկա (bonbonerka), բամբաներկա (bambanerka), բանբաներկա (banbanerka)
  • → Georgian: ბამბანერკა (bambanerḳa), ბანბანერკა (banbanerḳa)
• → Sicilian: bummunera

Further reading

• “bonbonnière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.