"bonjour" meaning in French

See bonjour in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /bɔ̃.ʒuʁ/, [bõ.ʒuə̯ʁ] [France], [bɒ̃ʊ̯̃.ʒʊu̯ʁ] [Quebec], [bɔ̃.ʒo(ɾ)] [Louisiana] Audio: Fr-bonjour.ogg [France, Paris]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French bonjour, from Old French bon jor (literally “good day”). By surface analysis, bon (“good”) + jour (“day”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|bonjour|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French bonjour, {{inh+|fr|frm|bonjour}} Inherited from Middle French bonjour, {{inh|fr|fro|bon jor|lit=good day}} Old French bon jor (literally “good day”), {{surf|fr|bon|jour|gloss1=good|gloss2=day}} By surface analysis, bon (“good”) + jour (“day”)
  1. good day; good morning
    Sense id: en-bonjour-fr-intj-tVvrfdHZ
  2. (Quebec, Louisiana) goodbye Tags: Louisiana, Quebec
    Sense id: en-bonjour-fr-intj-guNaY866 Categories (other): Louisiana French, Quebec French
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: salut [familiar], bonjour/hi (alt: Montréal), beaujour (english: Missouri), boujou [Normandy] Derived forms: bonjour les dégâts, bonjourer, rebonjour, simple comme bonjour Related terms: bonne année, bonne journée, bonne nuit, bonsoir

Noun

IPA: /bɔ̃.ʒuʁ/, [bõ.ʒuə̯ʁ] [France], [bɒ̃ʊ̯̃.ʒʊu̯ʁ] [Quebec], [bɔ̃.ʒo(ɾ)] [Louisiana] Audio: Fr-bonjour.ogg [France, Paris] Forms: bonjours [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French bonjour, from Old French bon jor (literally “good day”). By surface analysis, bon (“good”) + jour (“day”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|bonjour|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French bonjour, {{inh+|fr|frm|bonjour}} Inherited from Middle French bonjour, {{inh|fr|fro|bon jor|lit=good day}} Old French bon jor (literally “good day”), {{surf|fr|bon|jour|gloss1=good|gloss2=day}} By surface analysis, bon (“good”) + jour (“day”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} bonjour m (plural bonjours)
  1. greetings; hello (general salutation) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bonjour-fr-noun-bQ00FwE- Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French phrasebook Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 40 0 60 Disambiguation of French phrasebook: 29 0 71

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "good day; good morning"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "good day",
          "good day"
        ],
        [
          "good morning",
          "good morning"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Louisiana French",
        "Quebec French"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "goodbye"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "goodbye",
          "goodbye"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Quebec, Louisiana) goodbye"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Louisiana",
        "Quebec"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɔ̃.ʒuʁ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bõ.ʒuə̯ʁ]",
      "tags": [
        "France"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɒ̃ʊ̯̃.ʒʊu̯ʁ]",
      "tags": [
        "Quebec"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bɔ̃.ʒo(ɾ)]",
      "tags": [
        "Louisiana"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Bonjour"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-bonjour.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bc/Fr-bonjour.ogg/Fr-bonjour.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Fr-bonjour.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Paris"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Paris, France)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "familiar"
      ],
      "word": "salut"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Montréal",
      "word": "bonjour/hi"
    },
    {
      "english": "Missouri",
      "word": "beaujour"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Normandy"
      ],
      "word": "boujou"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bonjour"
}

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