Bonbon

See also: bonbon and bon-bon

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Reduplication of Bon, clipped from Bonito.

Proper noun

Bonbon

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

Etymology 2

Ultimately from bunbon.

Proper noun

Bonbon

1. A barangay of Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Bonbon.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French bonbon.

Pronunciation

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

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔm.bɔŋ/ (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

2. (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 [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”)

Further reading

• “Bonbon” in Duden online
• “Bonbon” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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