bonbonnière

See also: bonbonniere

French

Etymology

bonbon +‎ -ière

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɔ̃.bɔ.njɛʁ/
Homophone: bonbonnières
Hyphenation: bon‧bo‧nnière

Noun

bonbonnière f (plural bonbonnières)

candy box
(figuratively, familiar, slang, informal) small, exquisite house

Descendants

→ English: bonbonniere
→ Georgian: ბონბონიერი (bonbonieri)
→ Russian: бонбоньерка (bonbonʹjerka)

Further reading

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

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