bonbon

See also: Bonbon, bon-bon, bonbón, and bòn bon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bonbon, reduplication of bon (“good”), from Latin bonus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bonbon (plural bonbons)

1. A sweet, especially a small chocolate-covered candy.
2. (cooking) A small, spherical savory snack or canapé.

   The terrine was served with black pudding bonbons.

3. (Australia, South Africa) A Christmas cracker.

Derived terms

• cracker bonbon

 

Czech

Various examples of bonbons

Alternative forms

• bonbón

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbombon]
• IPA^(key): [ˈbomboːn]

Noun

bonbon m inan

1. candy

   Synonyms: cukrátko, cukrovinka, sladkost

Declension

Declension of bonbon (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	bonbon	bonbony
genitive	bonbonu	bonbonů
dative	bonbonu	bonbonům
accusative	bonbon	bonbony
vocative	bonbone	bonbony
locative	bonbonu	bonbonech
instrumental	bonbonem	bonbony

Further reading

• “bonbon”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “bonbon”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French bonbon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔnˈbɔn/

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• Hyphenation: bon‧bon
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

bonbon m (plural bonbons, diminutive bonbonnetje n)

1. a praline, a small chocolate-covered candy/sweet

Derived terms

• bonbonnerie
• kersenbonbon

 

Descendants

• → Indonesian: bonbon

French

Bonbons en forme d’oursons gélifiés sucrés

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̃.bɔ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Noun

bonbon m (plural bonbons)

1. 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.

Derived terms

• bonbonnière
• coûter bonbon
• rose bonbon

Descendants

• → 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

bonbon

1. (slang) expensive

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch bonbon, from French bonbon, reduplication of bon (“good”), from Latin bonus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɔnbɔn]
• Hyphenation: bon‧bon
• Rhymes: -bon, -on, -n

Noun

bonbon (uncountable)

1. bonbon

   Synonyms: kembang gula, gula-gula, permen

Further reading

• “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

Noun

bonbon n (plural bonboane)

1. Obsolete form of bomboană.

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	bonbon	bonbonul		bonboane	bonboanele
genitive-dative	bonbon	bonbonului		bonboane	bonboanelor
vocative	bonbonule			bonboanelor

References

• bonbon in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN