bonbon
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), reduplication of bon (“good”), from Latin bonus.
Pronunciation
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun
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
Czech

Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbombon]
- IPA(key): [ˈbomboːn]
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔnˈbɔn/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bon‧bon
- Rhymes: -ɔn
Noun
bonbon m (plural bonbons, diminutive bonbonnetje n)
Derived terms
- bonbonnerie
- kersenbonbon
Descendants
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
French

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/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔ̃
Noun
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
Descendants
- → Bulgarian: бонбон (bonbon)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- → German: Bonbon
- → Ladino: bombón
- → Ottoman Turkish: بون بون (bonbon)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- → Portuguese: bombom
- → Romanian: bomboană
- → Sotho: dipompong
- → Spanish: bombón
Further reading
- “bonbon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), reduplication of bon (“good”), from Latin bonus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɔnbɔn]
- Hyphenation: bon‧bon
- Rhymes: -bon, -on, -n
Noun
bonbon (first-person possessive bonbonku, second-person possessive bonbonmu, third-person possessive bonbonnya)
Further reading
- “bonbon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Romanian
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | bonbonul | (niște) bonboane | bonboanele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | bonbonului | (unor) bonboane | bonboanelor |
| vocative | bonbonule | bonboanelor | ||
References
- bonbon in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN