Bonbon

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bonbon"

English

Proper noun

Bonbon

1. A barangay of Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines.

   Coordinate terms: Adlaon, Agsungot, Apas, Babag, Bacayan, Banilad, Basak Pardo, Basak San Nicolas, Binaliw, Bonbon, Budla-an, Buhisan, Bulacao, Buot-Taup Pardo, Busay, Calamba, Cambinocot, Camputhaw, Capitol Site, Carreta, Central, Cogon Pardo, Cogon Ramos, Day-as, Duljo, Ermita, Guadalupe, Guba, Hippodromo, Inayawan, Kalubihan, Kalunasan, Kamagayan, Kasambagan, Kinasang-an Pardo, Labangon, Lahug, Lorega, Lusaran, Luz, Mabini, Mabolo, Malubog, Mambaling, Pahina Central, Pahina San Nicolas, Pamutan, Pardo, Pari-an, Paril, Pasil, Pit-os, Pulangbato, Pung-ol-Sibugay, Punta Princesa, Quiot Pardo, Sambag I, Sambag II, San Antonio, San Jose, San Nicolas Central, San Roque, Santa Cruz, Sapangdaku, Sawang Calero, Sinsin, Sirao, Suba Poblacion, Sudlon I, Sudlon II, T. Padilla, Tabunan, Tagbao, Talamban, Taptap, Tejero, Tinago, Tisa, To-ong Pardo, Zapatera — barangays of Cebu City

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Reduplication of Bon, clipped from Bonito.

Proper noun

Bonbon

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

Etymology 2

Ultimately from bunbon.

Proper noun

Bonbon

1. a barangay of Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Bonbon.

German

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.?

Proto-Italic *dwenos

Archaic Latin duenos

Old Latin duonus

Latin bonus

Old French bon

Middle French bon

French bonredup.

French bonbonbor.

German Bonbon

Borrowed from French bonbon.

Pronunciation

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

  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔm.bɔŋ/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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  (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, (northern) Bonschen, (western) Klümpchen, Gutti, (southern) Zuckerl

2. (regional) 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”)

Related terms

• Bonbonniere

Further reading

• “Bonbon” in Duden online
• “Bonbon”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bonbon.

Noun

Bonbon m (plural Bonbonen)

1. sweet (confectionery)

   Synonyms: Bombo, Kamell, Zockerboun

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Bombon

Etymology

Possibly from bunbon.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bonˈbon/ [bomˈbon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: Bon‧bon

Proper noun

Bonbón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜈ᜔ᜊᜓᜈ᜔) (historical)

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

See also

• Kumintang