# bonbon
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bonbon, reduplication of bon (“good”), from Latin bonus.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Noun

bonbon (plural bonbons)
* A sweet, especially a small chocolate-covered candy.
* (cooking) A small, spherical savory snack or canapé.
    The terrine was served with black pudding bonbons.
* (Australia, South Africa) A Christmas cracker.

#### Derived terms

* cracker bonbon

## Czech
### Alternative forms

* bonbón

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbombon]
* IPA: [ˈbomboːn]

### Noun

bonbon m inan
* candy
    Synonyms: cukrátko, cukrovinka, sladkost

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “bonbon”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “bonbon”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bonbon.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɔnˈbɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bon‧bon
* Rhymes: -ɔn

### Noun

bonbon m (plural bonbons, diminutive bonbonnetje n)
* a praline, a small chocolate-covered candy/sweet

#### Derived terms

* bonbonnerie
* kersenbonbon

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: bonbon

## French
### Etymology

Reduplication of bon.
The standard rule in French is to write m in front of /m/, /p/ or /b/ – the rule does not apply to the words derived from bon: embonpoint, bonbonne and bonbonnière.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɔ̃.bɔ̃/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔ̃

### Noun

bonbon m (plural bonbons)
* sweet, candy
** 1964, Jacques Brel (lyrics and music), “Les bonbons”, in Les bonbons:Je vous ai apporté des bonbons / Parce que les fleurs c’est périssable / Puis les bonbons c’est tellement bon / Bien que les fleurs soient plus présentables / Surtout quand elles sont en boutons / Mais je vous ai apporté des bonbonsI brought you sweets / Because flowers are perishable / And the sweets are so good / Even though flowers would be more presentable / Especially when they're buds / But I brought you sweets
** 2017 October 19, “Hallohallo”, in Le Coupe-Circuit [The Circuit Breaker], Konami:Hallo, hallo, vide du cerveau, Plus d’entrailles, pas de ventre rond. Friand de bonbons et chamallows, Attention à toi et à ton sac de bonbons.Hallo, hallo, brain is hollow, More of guts, none of a round belly. Tasty of sweets and marshmallows, Watch yourself and your sack of candy.

#### Derived terms

* bonbonnière
* coûter bonbon
* rose bonbon

#### Descendants

* → Bulgarian: бонбон (bonbon)
* → English: bonbon
* → German: Bonbon
* → Ladino: bombón
* → Ottoman Turkish: بون بون (bonbon)
** Turkish: bonbon
* → Portuguese: bombom
* → Romanian: bomboană
* → Sotho: dipompong
* → Spanish: bombón

### Adverb

bonbon
* (slang) expensive

### Further reading

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

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch bonbon, from French bonbon, reduplication of bon (“good”), from Latin bonus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɔnbɔn]
* Hyphenation: bon‧bon
* Rhymes: -bon, -on, -n

### Noun

bonbon (uncountable)
* (dialectal) bonbon
    Synonyms: kembang gula, gula-gula, permen

### Further reading

* “bonbon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Romanian
### Noun

bonbon n (plural bonboane)
* Obsolete form of bomboană.

#### Declension
### References

* bonbon in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN