Bonbon

See also: bonbon and bon-bon

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Bon-bon
Bon-Bon

Etymology

A diminutive of Bonito.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: bon‧bon

Noun

Bonbon

a nickname for Bonito, etc.
a nickname for Yvonne, etc.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French bonbon.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɔ̃ˈbɔ̃ː/, /bɔŋˈbɔŋ/ (prescriptive standard; chiefly southern in practice)
IPA^(key): /ˈbɔm.bɔŋ/ (usual in northern and central Germany)
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: Bon‧bon

Noun

Bonbon n, m (genitive Bonbons, plural Bonbons)

hard candy
(regional, including Austria) 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

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Bonbon	die	Bonbons
genitive	eines	des	Bonbons	der	Bonbons
dative	einem	dem	Bonbon	den	Bonbons
accusative	ein	das	Bonbon	die	Bonbons

Declension of Bonbon

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bonbon	die	Bonbons
genitive	eines	des	Bonbons	der	Bonbons
dative	einem	dem	Bonbon	den	Bonbons
accusative	einen	den	Bonbon	die	Bonbons

Derived terms

Knallbonbon

Further reading

Bonbon in Duden online

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