bombom

See also: bồm bồm

Portuguese

bombons

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.

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Latin bonum

Old Galician-Portuguese bõo

Portuguese bomredup.

Portuguese bombom

Borrowed from French bonbon. Alternatively interpreted as a reduplication of bom (“good”), thus a calque.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bõˈbõ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bõˈbõ/

• Rhymes: -õ
• Hyphenation: bom‧bom

Noun

bombom m (plural bombons, diminutive bombonzinho, augmentative bombonzão)

1. a type of chocolate candy

   Synonyms: bomboca, chocolate

Derived terms

• bomboca
• bombonaria
• bomboneiro
• bomboneria
• bombonzão (augmentative)
• bombonzinho (diminutive)

Further reading

• “bombom”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “bombom”, in Dicionário Eletrônico Houaiss [Houaiss Electronic Dictionary] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: UOL, 2004–2026
• “bombom”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “bombom”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “bombom”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026