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bonbon.

sweet, candy

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/bɔ̃.bɔ̃/

  1. sweet, candy

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Archaic Latin duenos Old Latin duonus Latin bonus Old French bon Middle French bon French bonredup. French bonbon Reduplication of bon (“good”). Compare English goodies. The standard rule in French is to write ⟨m⟩ in front of bilabial consonants (/m/, /p/, /b/). This rule does not apply to the words derived from bon, including embonpoint, bonbonnerie, bonbonnier, and bonbonnière. The word bonbonne (“carboy”) is unrelated from bon and borrowed from Occitan boumbouno, ultimately from Latin bombus; the variant spelling bombonne reflects this etymology and has been noted as such by some lexicographers.

adv/bɔ̃.bɔ̃/

  1. expensive

    slang
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Archaic Latin duenos Old Latin duonus Latin bonus Old French bon Middle French bon French bonredup. French bonbon Reduplication of bon (“good”). Compare English goodies. The standard rule in French is to write ⟨m⟩ in front of bilabial consonants (/m/, /p/, /b/). This rule does not apply to the words derived from bon, including embonpoint, bonbonnerie, bonbonnier, and bonbonnière. The word bonbonne (“carboy”) is unrelated from bon and borrowed from Occitan boumbouno, ultimately from Latin bombus; the variant spelling bombonne reflects this etymology and has been noted as such by some lexicographers.

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