bonbon
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French bonbon, reduplication of bon (“good”), from Latin bonus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]bonbon (plural bonbons)
- A sweet, especially a small chocolate-covered candy.
- (cooking) A small, spherical savory snack or canapé.
- The terrine was served with black pudding bonbons.
- (Australia, South Africa) A Christmas cracker.
Derived terms
[edit]Czech
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Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bonbon m inan
- candy
- Synonyms: cukrátko, cukrovinka, sladkost
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “bonbon”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
- “bonbon”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bonbon m (plural bonbons, diminutive bonbonnetje n)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Indonesian: bonbon
French
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Etymology
[edit]Reduplication of bon.
The standard rule in French is to write m in front of /m/, /p/ or /b/ – the rule does not apply to the words derived from bon: embonpoint, bonbonne and bonbonnière.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bonbon m (plural bonbons)
- sweet, candy
- 1964, Jacques Brel (lyrics and music), “Les bonbons”, in Les bonbons:
- Je vous ai apporté des bonbons / Parce que les fleurs c’est périssable / Puis les bonbons c’est tellement bon / Bien que les fleurs soient plus présentables / Surtout quand elles sont en boutons / Mais je vous ai apporté des bonbons
- I brought you sweets / Because flowers are perishable / And the sweets are so good / Even though flowers would be more presentable / Especially when they're buds / But I brought you sweets
- 2017 October 19, “Hallohallo”, in Le Coupe-Circuit [The Circuit Breaker], Konami:
- Hallo, hallo, vide du cerveau,
Plus d’entrailles, pas de ventre rond.
Friand de bonbons et chamallows,
Attention à toi et à ton sac de bonbons.- Hallo, hallo, brain is hollow,
More of guts, none of a round belly.
Tasty of sweets and marshmallows,
Watch yourself and your sack of candy.
- Hallo, hallo, brain is hollow,
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Bulgarian: бонбон (bonbon)
- → English: bonbon
- → German: Bonbon
- → Ladino: bombón
- → Ottoman Turkish: بون بون (bonbon)
- Turkish: bonbon
- → Portuguese: bombom
- → Romanian: bomboană
- → Sotho: dipompong
- → Spanish: bombón
Adverb
[edit]bonbon
Further reading
[edit]- “bonbon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch bonbon, from French bonbon, reduplication of bon (“good”), from Latin bonus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bonbon (first-person possessive bonbonku, second-person possessive bonbonmu, third-person possessive bonbonnya)
- bonbon
- Synonyms: kembang gula, gula-gula, permen
Further reading
[edit]- “bonbon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Romanian
[edit]Noun
[edit]bonbon n (plural bonboane)
Declension
[edit]Declension of bonbon
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) bonbon | bonbonul | (niște) bonboane | bonboanele |
genitive/dative | (unui) bonbon | bonbonului | (unor) bonboane | bonboanelor |
vocative | bonbonule | bonboanelor |
References
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