Bonbon

See also: bonbon, and bon-bon

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Reduplication of Bon, clipped from Bonito.

Proper noun

Bonbon

1. a nickname for Bonito, Bonifacio, etc.
2. a nickname for Yvonne, Shivonne, etc.

Etymology 2

Ultimately from bunbon.

Proper noun

Bonbon

1. A barangay of Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Bonbon.

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from French bonbon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̃ˈbɔ̃/, [bɔ̃ˈbɔ̃ː], [bɔŋˈbɔŋ], [bɔm-] (prescriptive standard; chiefly southern in practice)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔm.bɔŋ/ (realistic standard in northern and central Germany; almost never nasalised)
• Hyphenation: Bon‧bon

Noun

Bonbon n or m (strong, genitive Bonbons, plural Bonbons)

1. hard candy

   Synonyms: (northern) Bollchen, (western) Klümpchen

2. (regional, including Austria) sweet, candy in general

Usage notes

• The word is almost exclusively neuter in northern and central Germany. The masculine is quite common in the south.

Declension

Declension of Bonbon [neuter // masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das, der	Bonbon	die	Bonbons
genitive	eines	des	Bonbons	der	Bonbons
dative	einem	dem	Bonbon	den	Bonbons
accusative	ein, einen	das, den	Bonbon	die	Bonbons

Derived terms

• Knallbonbon (“Christmas cracker”)

Further reading

• “Bonbon” in Duden online
• “Bonbon” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Tagalog

Proper noun

Bonbon

1. (historical) Taal Lake
2. (historical) A province of the Philippines; modern Batangas