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)

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

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “bonbonnière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.