"bonbon" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bonbon.wav , EN-AU ck1 bonbon.ogg Forms: bonbons [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French bonbon, reduplication of bon (“good”), from Latin bonus. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|bonbon}} Borrowed from French bonbon, {{der|en|la|bonus}} Latin bonus Head templates: {{en-noun}} bonbon (plural bonbons)
  1. A sweet, especially a small chocolate-covered candy.
    Sense id: en-bonbon-en-noun-g5tRulSW Categories (other): Sweets Disambiguation of Sweets: 67 19 14
  2. (cooking) A small, spherical savory snack or canapé.
    Sense id: en-bonbon-en-noun-NGfAKBmW Categories (other): Cooking Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
  3. (Australia, South Africa) A Christmas cracker. Tags: Australia, South-Africa
    Sense id: en-bonbon-en-noun-Vf8t1fsM Categories (other): Australian English, South African English, English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 12 86 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 5 11 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 4 12 82 2 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 12 85 1 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cracker bonbon

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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