"bonbon" meaning in French

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Adverb

IPA: /bɔ̃.bɔ̃/ Audio: Fr-bonbon.ogg
Rhymes: -ɔ̃ 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. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|bon}} bon, {{m|fr|bon}} bon, {{m|fr|embonpoint}} embonpoint, {{m|fr|bonbonne}} bonbonne, {{m|fr|bonbonnière}} bonbonnière Head templates: {{fr-adv}} bonbon
  1. (slang) expensive Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-bonbon-fr-adv-88yldf9- Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French reduplications Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of French reduplications: 100 0

Noun

IPA: /bɔ̃.bɔ̃/ Audio: Fr-bonbon.ogg Forms: bonbons [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔ̃ 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. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|bon}} bon, {{m|fr|bon}} bon, {{m|fr|embonpoint}} embonpoint, {{m|fr|bonbonne}} bonbonne, {{m|fr|bonbonnière}} bonbonnière Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} bonbon m (plural bonbons)
  1. sweet, candy Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Sweets Derived forms: bonbonnière, coûter bonbon, rose bonbon
    Sense id: en-bonbon-fr-noun-CSA3oIRq Disambiguation of Sweets: 32 68

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bonbon meaning in French (5.9kB)

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