bonjour

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English

Clothing with bonjour text

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French bonjour (“good day”).

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /bɒn.ˈʒʊə/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /bɑn.ˈʒʊɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)

Interjection

bonjour

  1. (in French contexts) good morning
    • 2009 March 13, Alexandra Jacobs, “Blame the Messager”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      Say bonjour to the botched R.S.V.P. The practice of replying to invitations, let alone actually showing up to parties as promised, has become as antiquated as the chimney sweep, and much messier.

Translations

Verb

bonjour (third-person singular simple present bonjours, present participle bonjouring, simple past and past participle bonjoured)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To greet in French with "bonjour".
    • 1938, Donald Barr Chidsey, Each one was alone:
      He went on down the boulevard, bonjouring right and left, lifting his hat, bowing. He moved very slowly.
    • 1988, Gary Hart, The Strategies of Zeus:
      Connaughton entered the simple but cheery restaurant, checked his coat, bonjoured the maître d'...
    • 2005, James H Irwin, Mokanshan: A Tale of Wallis Simpson's Naughty Shanghai Postcards:
      They bonjoured back and stood there awkwardly. Finally, Flood broke the silence.

French

Etymology

From Middle French bonjour, from Old French bon jor (literally “good day”), equivalent to bon (“good”) +‎ jour (“day”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔ̃.ʒuʁ/
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "France" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [bõ.ʒuə̯ʁ]
      • Audio (Paris, France):(file)
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Québec" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [bɒ̃ʊ̯̃.ʒʊu̯ʁ]
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Louisiana" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [bɔ̃.ʒo(ɾ)]

Noun

bonjour m (plural bonjours)

  1. greetings; hello (general salutation)
    Tu passeras le bonjour à ta mère !
    You will say hello to your mother!
    (literally, “You will pass a hello to your mother!”)

Interjection

bonjour

  1. Good day; good morning
    Bonjour, mon ami !
    Good day, friend!
    Bonjour, monsieur le Président !
    Good morning, Mr. President!
  2. (Quebec, Louisiana) goodbye

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: bonjou
  • Mauritian Creole: bonzour
  • → Alemannic German: buschur
  • → English: bonjour

Further reading

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