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bombom.

a type of chocolate candy

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/bõˈbõ/Brazil/bõˈbõ/Portugal
  1. a type of chocolate 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 bonbonbor. ▲ Latin bonum Old Galician-Portuguese bõo Portuguese bomredup. Portuguese bombom Borrowed from French bonbon. Alternatively interpreted as a reduplication of bom (“good”), thus a calque.

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