bon

bon

1. (anatomy) shoulder

From Latin bonus.

bon (feminine bone, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bones, comparative moillous, superlative moillous)

1. good

• mau
• mauvois

From Old Occitan bon, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”).

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔn/

bon

1. good; alternative form of bo

The form bon is used as the masculine singular form when the adjective precedes the noun, and bo is used in all other cases.

• bé, ben
• bondat

From Middle High German von, from Old High German fon, from Proto-Germanic *fanē. Cognate with German von, Dutch van, West Frisian fan.

bon

1. (Sette Comuni, + dative) from, of

• bomme
• bóndar
• bònname
• bònnara
• bon dèmme

bon

1. bon + in, from the, of the

• “bon” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

From French bon.

• IPA^(key): /bɔnɡ/, [b̥ʌŋ]

bon c (singular definite bonen, plural indefinite boner)

1. receipt

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔn
• IPA^(key): /bɔn/

bon m (plural bonnen or bons, diminutive bonnetje n)

1. receipt
2. ticket (e.g. for speeding)
3. voucher

• op de bon

From Latin bonus (“good”).

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̃/

bon m (feminine singular bôna, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bônes, comparative mèlyor, superlative lo mèlyor)

1. good

   Coment el est bon de vos vêre !

2. right, correct

   Tôtes voutres rèponses sont bônes !

3. (slang, slightly vulgar, of a woman) sexy

   Cela fèna est vrébôna !

• môvés, mal

• bien
• bontât

From Middle French bon, from Old French bon, from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”).

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̃/, (before a vowel) /bɔn‿/

• Audio (France, Paris)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophones: bond, bonds, bons

bon (feminine singular bonne, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bonnes, comparative meilleur)

1. good
2. right, correct
3. (slang, slightly derogatory, of a woman) sexy, hot, smoking hot

   Cette meuf est fin bonne !

   That chick is fine as hell!

Only three French adjectives have an irregular comparative: bon, mauvais (pire) and petit (moindre).

• mauvais, mal

• bon enfant
• bonnasse
• bonjour

• bien
• bonté

bon m (plural bons)

1. voucher, ticket, coupon

   Synonyms: coupon, billet

• → German: Bon

• “bon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Latin bonus (“good”).

bon

1. good

bon m (feminine buine)

1. good

• trist, cjatîf, brut, frait

• ben
• bontât

From Portuguese bom. Cognates with Kabuverdianu bon.

bon

1. good

From French bon (“good”).

bon

1. good

• IPA^(key): [ˈboːn]

bon (plural bonok)

1. voucher

It is usually pronounced with a long o but the correct spelling is bon and not bón.

bon (comparative melior, superlative le melior or le optime)

1. good

bon

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぼん

From Portuguese bom.

bon

1. good

From Latin bonus.

bon m (feminine singular bona, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bones)

1. able
2. good
3. probable

• ban, bone, bane, boon

From Old English bān, in turn from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

• IPA^(key): /bɔːn/

bon (plural bones)

1. bone

• bakbon
• schulder bone

• English: bone
• Scots: bane, bean, bain
• Yola: bane

• bõ (some manuscripts)

From Old French bon.

bon m (feminine singular bonne, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bonnes) (comparative meilleur, superlative meilleur)

1. good (virtuous, having positive qualities)

• French: bon

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːn/

From Proto-Germanic *bōnō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”).

bōn f (nominative plural bōna)

1. ornament

• bōnian
• ġebōned

Shortening of bōgan.

bōn

1. Alternative form of bōgan

• boen
• boun
• buen
• bun

From Latin bonus.

• Rhymes: -õn

bon m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bone, comparative meillor, superlative meillor)

1. good (not evil)
2. good (not of poor quality)

• bien
• bonté / bunté

• Middle French: bon
  • French: bon
• Picard: boin
• Walloon: bon

• bo

From Latin bonus.

bon m (feminine singular bona, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bonas)

1. good (not evil)
2. good (not of poor quality)

• Catalan: bo, bon
• Occitan: bon

From Portuguese bom and Kabuverdianu bon.

bon

1. good

From German Bon.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbóːn/
• Tonal orthography: bọ̑n

bón m inan (genitive bóna, nominative plural bóni)

1. voucher

Borrowed from Dutch boom.

bon

1. tree

• IPA^(key): /buːn/

bon

1. definite singular of bo
2. indefinite plural of bo

From English bone.

bon

1. bone

• bòn, bón

From Latin bonus. Compare Italian buono.

bon m (feminine singular bona, masculine plural boni, feminine plural bone) (Alternative masculine plural: buni)

1. good

bon (plural bons)

1. bean

• bonik

From Old French bon, from Latin bonus (“good”).

bon

1. good

• måva, mwais