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Webster 1913 Edition


Bon


Bon

,
Adj.
[F., fr. L.
bonus
.]
Good; valid as security for something.

Definition 2024


Bon

Bon

See also: bon, BON, bón, bốn, bôn, bön, and Bön

English

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Bon

  1. An indigenous Tibetan religion, in many ways akin to Tibetan Buddhism.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɔ̃ː], [bɔŋ]

Noun

Bon m (genitive Bons, plural Bons)

  1. voucher, coupon
  2. receipt

Declension

Derived terms


Japanese

Romanization

Bon

  1. rōmaji reading of ぼん

Norman

Proper noun

Bon m

  1. A male given name

Plautdietsch

Noun

Bon f (plural Bone)

  1. track, railway

Derived terms

  • Bonhoff

bon

bon

See also: Bon, BON, bón, bốn, bôn, bön, Bön, and Appendix:Variations of "bon"

Catalan

Adjective

bon

  1. good; alternative form of bo

Usage notes

The form bon is used as the masculine singular form when the adjective precedes the noun, and bo is used in all other cases.


Danish

Etymology

From French bon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔnɡ/, [b̥ʌŋ]

Noun

bon c (singular definite bonen, plural indefinite boner)

  1. receipt

Inflection


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔn
  • IPA(key): /bɔn/

Noun

bon m (plural bonnen or bons, diminutive bonnetje n)

  1. receipt
  2. ticket (e.g. for speeding)
  3. voucher

Derived terms

  • op de bon

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin bonus (good).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔ̃/

Adjective

bon m (feminine singular bôna, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bônes, comparative mèlyor, superlative lo mèlyor)

  1. good
    Coment el est bon de vos vêre !
  2. right, correct
    Tôtes voutres rèponses sont bônes !
  3. (slang, slightly derogatory, of a woman) sexy
    Cela fèna est vrébôna !

Antonyms

Related terms


French

Etymology

Middle French bon < Old French bon, from Latin bonus (good).

Pronunciation

Adjective

bon m (feminine singular bonne, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bonnes, comparative meilleur, superlative le meilleur)

  1. good
  2. right, correct
  3. (slang, slightly derogatory, of a woman) sexy
    Cette meuf est fin bonne !

Antonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

bon m (plural bons)

  1. voucher, ticket, coupon

Synonyms


Friulian

Etymology

From Latin bonus (good).

Noun

bon

  1. good

Adjective

bon m (feminine buine)

  1. good

Antonyms

Related terms


Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French bon (good).

Adjective

bon

  1. good

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈboːn]

Noun

bon (plural bonok)

  1. voucher

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bon bonok
accusative bont bonokat
dative bonnak bonoknak
instrumental bonnal bonokkal
causal-final bonért bonokért
translative bonná bonokká
terminative bonig bonokig
essive-formal bonként bonokként
essive-modal
inessive bonban bonokban
superessive bonon bonokon
adessive bonnál bonoknál
illative bonba bonokba
sublative bonra bonokra
allative bonhoz bonokhoz
elative bonból bonokból
delative bonról bonokról
ablative bontól bonoktól
Possessive forms of bon
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bonom bonaim
2nd person sing. bonod bonaid
3rd person sing. bona bonai
1st person plural bonunk bonaink
2nd person plural bonotok bonaitok
3rd person plural bonuk bonaik

Usage notes

It is usually pronounced with a long o but the correct spelling is bon and not bón.


Interlingua

Adjective

bon (comparative melior, superlative le melior or le optime)

  1. good

Japanese

Romanization

bon

  1. rōmaji reading of ぼん

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin bonus.

Adjective

bon m (feminine singular bona, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bones)

  1. able
  2. good
  3. probable

Lojban

Rafsi

bon

  1. rafsi of boxna.

Middle French

Alternative forms

  • (some manuscripts)

Etymology

Old French bon.

Adjective

bon m (feminine singular bonne, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bonnes) (comparative meilleur, superlative meilleur)

  1. good (virtuous, having positive qualities)

Descendants


Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin bonus.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -õn

Adjective

bon m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bone, comparative meillor, superlative meillor)

  1. good (not evil)
  2. good (not of poor quality)

See also

Declension

Descendants


Old Provençal

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin bonus.

Adjective

bon m (feminine singular bona, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bonas)

  1. good (not evil)
  2. good (not of poor quality)

Descendants


Slovene

Etymology

From German Bon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbóːn/
  • Tonal orthography: bọ̑n

Noun

bón m inan (genitive bóna, nominative plural bóni)

  1. voucher

Declension


Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buːn/

Noun

bon

  1. definite singular of bo
  2. indefinite plural of bo

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English bone.

Noun

bon

  1. bone

Venetian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin bonus. Compare Italian buono

Adjective

bon m (feminine singular bona, masculine plural boni, feminine plural bone) (Alternative masculine plural: buni)

  1. good

Volapük

Noun

bon (plural bons)

  1. bean

Declension

Derived terms

  • bonik

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French bon, from Latin bonus (good).

Adjective

bon

  1. good

Antonyms