"bonhomme" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /bo.nɔm/, /bɔ.nɔm/ Audio: Fr-bonhomme.ogg Forms: bonshommes [plural], bonhommes [plural], bonne femme [feminine]
Etymology: Univerbation of bon (“good”) + homme (“man”). Etymology templates: {{univerbation|fr|bon|homme|t1=good|t2=man}} Univerbation of bon (“good”) + homme (“man”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|bonshommes|+|f=bonne femme}} bonhomme m (plural bonshommes or bonhommes, feminine bonne femme)
  1. fellow, chap Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bonhomme-fr-noun-uH9eh9QY
  2. a basic figure meant to represent a person (e.g. a stick figure, a symbol on a sign, etc.) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bonhomme-fr-noun-I3FQSrMt Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French univerbations Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 8 85 7 Disambiguation of French univerbations: 16 66 19
  3. (Louisiana) scarecrow Tags: Louisiana, masculine
    Sense id: en-bonhomme-fr-noun-tolxOC9i Categories (other): Louisiana French
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aller son petit bonhomme de chemin, bonhomme allumette, bonhomme bâton, bonhomme de neige, faux bonhomme, nom d’un petit bonhomme, bonhomme sept-heures [Quebec]

Inflected forms

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      "word": "aller son petit bonhomme de chemin"
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      "word": "nom d’un petit bonhomme"
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    "French terms with audio links",
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    {
      "word": "aller son petit bonhomme de chemin"
    },
    {
      "word": "bonhomme allumette"
    },
    {
      "word": "bonhomme bâton"
    },
    {
      "word": "bonhomme de neige"
    },
    {
      "word": "faux bonhomme"
    },
    {
      "word": "nom d’un petit bonhomme"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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    }
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