Bonbon

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Cebuano

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Etymology 1

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Reduplication of Bon, clipped from Bonito.

Proper noun

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Bonbon

  1. a diminutive of the male given names Bonito or Bonifacio
  2. a diminutive of the male given names Yvonne or Shivonne

Etymology 2

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Ultimately from bunbon.

Proper noun

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Bonbon

  1. A barangay of Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:Bonbon.

German

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German Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from French bonbon.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bɔ̃ˈbɔ̃/, [bɔ̃ˈbɔ̃ː], [bɔŋˈbɔŋ], [bɔm-] (prescriptive standard; chiefly southern in practice)
    • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔm.bɔŋ/ (realistic standard in northern and central Germany; almost never nasalised)
  • Hyphenation: Bon‧bon

Noun

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

  1. hard candy
    Synonyms: (northern) Bollchen, (northern) Bonschen, (western) Klümpchen, Gutti
  2. (regional, including Austria) sweet, candy in general

Usage notes

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

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Possibly from bunbon.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Bonbón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜈ᜔ᜊᜓᜈ᜔) (historical)

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

See also

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