# bon
## Abinomn
### Noun

bon
* (anatomy) shoulder

## Bourguignon
### Etymology

From Latin bonus.

### Adjective

bon (feminine bonne, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bonnes, comparative moillous, superlative moillous)
* good

#### Antonyms

* mau
* mauvois

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbɔn]

### Etymology 1

From Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos.

#### Adjective

bon
* 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.

##### Related terms

* bé, ben
* bondat

##### References

* “bo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Tibetan བོན (bon).

#### Noun

bon m (plural bons)
* Bon (an indigenous Tibetan religion)

## Cimbrian
### Etymology 1
#### Preposition

bon
* (Mezzaselva) Alternative form of von

### Etymology 2
#### Contraction

bon
* (Mezzaselva) Alternative form of von

## Danish
### Etymology 1

From French bon (“voucher, ticket”), from the adjective bon (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”). Compare also German Bon (“receipt, voucher”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈb̥ʌŋ]

#### Noun

bon c (singular definite bonen, plural indefinite boner)
* receipt

##### Declension
#### Further reading

* “bon” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “bon” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

IPA: [ˈb̥oˀn]

#### Verb

bon
* imperative of bone

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

IPA: [ˈb̥ʌŋˀ]

#### Verb

bon
* imperative of bone

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bon.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

bon m (plural bonnen or bons, diminutive bonnetje n)
* receipt
* (Netherlands) ticket, fine (e.g. for speeding)
    Synonym: bekeuring
* voucher
    Synonym: cheque

#### Derived terms

* boekenbon
* cadeaubon
* cd-bon
* distributiebon
* kassabon
* op de bon
* pakbon
* parkeerbon
* platenbon
* voedselbon

#### Descendants

* → Caribbean Javanese: bon
* → Indonesian: bon
* → Papiamentu: bòn
* → Sranan Tongo: bon

## Franco-Provençal
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin bonus.

### Adjective

bon (feminine bôna, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bônes) (ORB, broad)
* good
    Antonym: môvés
* right, correct

#### Derived terms

* bôna nuet
* bonjorn
* bontât

#### Related terms

* ben

### References

* bon in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
* bon in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bon, from Old French bon, from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɔ̃/, (before a vowel) /bɔ.n‿/
* Audio (Paris):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔ̃
* Homophones: bond, bonds, bons

### Adjective

bon (feminine bonne, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bonnes, comparative meilleur, superlative le meilleur)
* good
    Antonym: mauvais
    Near-synonym: bien
* right, correct, appropriate
    Antonyms: faux, incorrect
    Near-synonym: exact
    le bon usage ― the correct usage
    être dans la bonne direction ― to be going the right way, to be heading the right way
    Choisissez la bonne réponse. ― Choose the correct response.
* (slang, slightly derogatory, of a woman) sexy, hot, smoking hot
    Cette meuf est fin bonne !That chick is fine as hell!

#### Usage notes

* Only three French adjectives have an irregular comparative:
    ¹ bon ⇒ meilleur (“better”)
    ² mauvais ⇒ pire (“worse”)
    ³ petit ⇒ moindre (“smaller; lesser”)

#### Antonyms

* mauvais, mal

#### Derived terms

* à bon chat, bon rat
* à bon compte
* à bon entendeur salut
* à bon escient
* à bon vin point d’enseigne
* à la bonne franquette
* à la bonne heure
* à méchant ouvrier, point de bon outil
* à quelque chose malheur est bon
* à quoi bon
* à votre bon cœur
* aller bon train
* arriver à bon port
* avoir à la bonne
* avoir bon
* avoir bon dos
* avoir bonne presse
* avoir une bonne descente
* bête à Bon Dieu
* bon à rien
* bon à tirer
* bon an mal an
* bon anniversaire
* bon app
* bon appétit
* bon après-midi
* bon ap’
* bon chic bon genre
* bon courage
* bon de commande
* bon débarras
* bon Dieu
* bon enfant
* bon gré mal gré
* bon lui semble
* bon marché
* bon matin
* bon mot
* bon parti
* bon pied, bon œil
* bon plan
* bon pour le service
* bon prince
* bon public
* bon rétablissement
* Bon Samaritain
* bon samaritain
* bon sang
* bon sens
* bon vent
* bon vieux temps
* bon vivant
* bon viveur
* bon vouloir
* bon voyage
* bonjour
* bonnasse
* bonne action
* bonne année
* bonne après-midi
* bonne chance
* bonne continuation
* bonne étoile
* bonne femme
* bonne fête
* bonne foi
* bonne journée
* bonne matinée
* bonne merde
* bonne nouvelle
* bonne nuit
* bonne parole
* bonne poire
* bonne pratique
* bonne route
* bonne sœur
* bonne soirée
* bonne vivante
* bonne volonté
* bonnes manières
* c’était le bon temps
* dans la joie et la bonne humeur
* dans son bon droit
* de bon aloi
* de bon cœur
* de bon gré
* de bon matin
* de bon ton
* de bonne famille
* de bonne grâce
* de bonne guerre
* de bonne heure
* diseuse de bonne aventure
* donner le bon Dieu sans confession
* du bon pied
* en bon père de famille
* en bonne et due forme
* en bonnes mains
* entre de bonnes mains
* être en bonne odeur
* faire bon accueil
* faire bon ménage
* faire bon vivre
* faire bonne chère
* faire bonne contenance
* faire bonne figure
* faire bonne impression
* faire bonne mesure
* faire bonne mine à mauvais jeu
* faire bonne route
* frapper à la bonne porte
* il n’y a si bon cheval qui ne bronche
* la bonne blague
* laissez les bons temps rouler
* les bons comptes font les bons amis
* pour de bon
* prendre du bon temps
* se mettre en bonne odeur
* séparer le bon grain de l’ivraie
* si ma mémoire est bonne
* sur la bonne voie
* tenir bon
* tenir le bon bout
* tout est bon dans le cochon
* toutes les bonnes choses ont une fin
* une bonne fois pour toutes
* voir le bon côté des choses

#### Related terms

* bien
* bonté

### Noun

bon m (plural bons)
* voucher, ticket, coupon
    Synonyms: coupon, billet

#### Derived terms

* bon de livraison
* échange de bons procédés

#### Descendants

* → German: Bon

### Interjection

bon
* well; OK

#### Derived terms

* ah bon

### Further reading

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

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Latin bonus (“good”).

### Noun

bon
* good

### Adjective

bon m (feminine buine)
* good

#### Antonyms

* trist, cjatîf, brut, frait

#### Related terms

* ben
* bontât

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology

From Portuguese bom. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bon.

### Adjective

bon
* good

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French bon (“good”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɔ̃/

### Adjective

bon
* good

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈboːn]
* Rhymes: -on

### Noun

bon (plural bonok)
* voucher

#### Usage notes

It is usually pronounced with a long o but its spelling is bon rather than bón.

#### Declension
### Further reading

* bon in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* bon in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɔn/
* Rhymes: -ɔn
* Hyphenation: bon

### Etymology 1

From Dutch bon (“receipt”), from French bon, from Middle French bon, from Old French bon, from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos. Cognate of Danish bon (“receipt”).

#### Noun

bon (plural bon-bon)
* receipt.
    Synonyms: faktur, invois, kuitansi, resi

##### Derived terms

* mengebon

##### Related terms

* bonus

### Etymology 2

From Dutch bond (“bond”), from Middle Dutch bund, from Proto-Germanic *bandaz, *bandiz (“band, fetter”). Cognate of English bond.

#### Noun

bon (plural bon-bon)
* union, association, guild.
    Synonym: perserikatan

### Further reading

* “bon” 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.

## Interlingua
### Adjective

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

## Japanese
### Romanization

bon
* Rōmaji transcription of ぼん

## Kabuverdianu
### Etymology

From Portuguese bom.

### Adjective

bon
* good

## Ladin
### Etymology

From Latin bonus.

### Adjective

bon m (feminine singular bona, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bones)
* able
* good
* probable

## Luxembourgish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɔ̃ː]

### Interjection

bon
* "well, OK"

#### Usage notes

Used to mark the resumption or end of a conversation.

#### Synonyms

* abee
* okee
* sou

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bond.

### Noun

bon (Jawi spelling بون, plural bon-bon, informal 1st possessive bonku, 2nd possessive bonmu, 3rd possessive bonnya)
* (finance) bond: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract.

#### Synonyms

* obligasi (rare, predominantly in Indonesia)

### Further reading

* “bon” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English bān, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

#### Alternative forms

* ban, bane, bone, boon

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɔːn/
* (early) IPA: /bɑːn/
* (Northern) IPA: /baːn/

#### Noun

bon (plural bon or bones)
* bone

##### Derived terms

* bakbon
* bonnefyre
* bonwort
* nekkebon
* ryngbon
* schuldre bon

##### Descendants

* English: bone
* Geordie English: byen
* Scots: bane, bain, bean, been
* Yola: bane

##### References

* “bōn, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

bon
* Alternative form of boun

## Middle French
### Alternative forms

* bõ (some manuscripts)

### Etymology

From Old French bon.

### Adjective

bon m (feminine singular bonne, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bonnes) (comparative meilleur, superlative meilleur)
* good (virtuous, having positive qualities)

#### Descendants

* French: bon

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /buːn/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse bǫrn, plural of barn.

#### Noun

bon n pl (definite bona or boni)
* plural of bån
** 1984, Jon Hvitsand, Soga om Hørteverket, [Hørte]: Hørtesogelaget, page 64:På Ulefoss blei det set i gang ein slags skule for bona på verket.At Ulefoss, a school was opened for the children of the factory.
** 1890, Jørund Telnes, Netar [Nights], Kristiania, page 53:„Mat!“ ropar Boni og tuttrar og græt."Food!" cry the children, whining and weeping.
** 1853, Ivar Aasen, Prøver af Landsmaalet i Norge, Christiania: Carl C. Werner & Comp., page 55:Bon'i deires va ſtore, aa dei eldſte va vakſne jamvælTheir children were big, the eldest even were grownups.
** c. 1770, Edvard Storm, “Åt Monken”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 241:Vælkomne te Vaagaa mæ Kiæring aa BonWelcome to Vågå with wife and children
** 1704, “Hap up qvar Ejn Bærge tind”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 66:utu Likna ingen hejl [e]l End fær mæ BonomFrom likeness none rather than one gets with [his] children

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

bon
* imperative of bone

### References

* Ivar Aasen (1850) “Barn”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎ (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /boːn/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *bōn, from Proto-Germanic *bōnō or *bōnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”).

#### Noun

bōn f (nominative plural bōna)
* ornament

##### Related terms

* bōnian
* ġebōned

### Etymology 2

Shortening of bōgan.

#### Verb

bōn
* Alternative form of bōgan

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* boen, boun, buen, bun

### Etymology

From Latin bonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bun/
* Rhymes: -un

### Adjective

bon m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bone, comparative meillor, superlative meillor)
* good (not evil)
* good (not of poor quality)

#### Related terms

* bien
* bonté / bunté

#### Descendants

* Middle French: bon
** French: bon
* Picard: boin
* Walloon: bon
* → Middle English: boon, bone
** English: boon
** Scots: boon

## Old Occitan
### Alternative forms

* bo

### Etymology

From Latin bonus.

### Adjective

bon m (feminine singular bona, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bonas)
* good (not evil)
* good (not of poor quality)

#### Descendants

* Occitan: bon

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Portuguese bom and Kabuverdianu bon.

### Adjective

bon
* good

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bon, from Middle French bon, from Old French bon, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔn
* Syllabification: bon

### Noun

bon m inan
* coupon, voucher (piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services)
    Synonyms: kupon, kwit, talon, voucher

#### Declension
### Further reading

* bon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* bon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bon, ultimately from Latin bonus. Doublet of bun, bonă, and bonus.

### Noun

bon n (plural bonuri)
* voucher, ticket, coupon

#### Declension
## Slovene
### Etymology

From German Bon.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bóːn/

### Noun

bọ̑n m inan
* voucher

#### Inflection
## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch boom.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈboŋ/, /ˈbon/, [ˈbʊ̞ŋ], [ˈbɔ̝ŋ]

### Noun

bon
* tree

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /buːn/

### Noun

bon
* inflection of bo:
** definite singular
** indefinite plural

## Tày
### Pronunciation

* (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA: [ɓɔn˧˥]
* (Trùng Khánh) IPA: [ɓɔn˦]

### Noun

bon (蕡)
* taro
    đảng chin bon on chin phướcWhen cold, eat taro; when warm, eat eddo
    lồng khuổi sla bon ― to go down the stream to find taro
* leafstalk of certain types of potatoes
    bon phước hom ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

### References

* Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
* Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎ (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

## Torres Strait Creole
### Etymology

From English bone.

### Noun

bon
* bone

## Venetan
### Alternative forms

* bòn, bón

### Etymology

From Latin bonus. Compare Italian buono.

### Adjective

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

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔɓɔn˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔɓɔŋ˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔɓɔŋ˧˧]

### Verb

bon • (𨁼)
* to roll (on wheels)
** 2001, Chu Lai, chapter 7, in Cuộc đời dài lắm, NXB Văn học:Nói xong hắn lại ra xe, chiếc xe máy vào loại sang và đẹp nhất thị trấn không đưa hắn trở về nhà mà bon thẳng xuống khu lán của Hà Thương.After he finished speaking, he went out to his vehicle, and the motorbike, one of the fanciest and most beautiful in town, did not take him home but instead drove straight down to Hà Thương's hovel.

## Volapük
### Noun

bon (nominative plural bons)
* bean

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

#### Derived terms

* bonik

## Walloon
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɔ̃/

### Adjective

bon
* good

#### Antonyms

* måva, mwais