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bon

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bon"
Languages (36)
Abinomn • Bourguignon • Catalan • Cimbrian • Danish • Dutch • Franco-Provençal • French • Friulian • Guinea-Bissau Creole • Haitian Creole • Hungarian • Indonesian • Interlingua • Japanese • Kabuverdianu • Ladin • Malay • Middle English • Middle French • Norwegian Nynorsk • Old English • Old French • Old Occitan • Papiamentu • Polish • Romanian • Slovene • Sranan Tongo • Swedish • Tày • Torres Strait Creole • Venetan • Vietnamese • Volapük • Walloon
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Abinomn

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Noun

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bon

  1. (anatomy) shoulder

Bourguignon

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Etymology

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From Latin bonus.

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

  1. good

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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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bon

  1. good; alternative form of bo
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  • The form bon is used as the masculine singular form when the adjective precedes the noun, and bo is used in all other cases.
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References
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  • “bo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Tibetan བོན (bon).

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bon m (plural bons)

  1. Bon (an indigenous Tibetan religion)

Cimbrian

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Preposition

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bon

  1. (Mezzaselva) Alternative form of von

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Contraction

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bon

  1. (Mezzaselva) Alternative form of von

Danish

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Etymology 1

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

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Noun

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bon c (singular definite bonen, plural indefinite boner)

  1. receipt
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Declension of bon
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bon bonen boner bonerne
genitive bons bonens boners bonernes

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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ˈb̥oˀn]

Verb

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bon

  1. imperative of bone

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ˈb̥ʌŋˀ]

Verb

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bon

  1. imperative of bone

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French bon.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. receipt
  2. (Netherlands) ticket, fine (e.g. for speeding)
    Synonym: bekeuring
  3. voucher
    Synonym: cheque

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Descendants

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

Franco-Provençal

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin bonus.

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bon (feminine bôna, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bônes) (ORB, broad)

  1. good
    Antonym: môvés
  2. right, correct

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References

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

French

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Etymology

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

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

  1. good
    Antonym: mauvais
    Near-synonym: bien
  2. 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.
  3. (slang, slightly derogatory, of a woman) sexy, hot, smoking hot
    Cette meuf est fin bonne !
    That chick is fine as hell!

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

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Noun

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bon m (plural bons)

  1. voucher, ticket, coupon
    Synonyms: coupon, billet

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  • → German: Bon

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bon

  1. well; OK

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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin bonus (“good”).

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bon

  1. good

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bon m (feminine buine)

  1. good

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

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Etymology

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From Portuguese bom. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bon.

Adjective

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bon

  1. good

Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French bon (“good”).

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Adjective

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bon

  1. good

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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bon (plural bonok)

  1. voucher

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

Declension

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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
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		boné bonoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		bonéi bonokéi
Possessive forms of bon
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bonom bonjaim
2nd person sing. bonod bonjaid
3rd person sing. bonja bonjai
1st person plural bonunk bonjaink
2nd person plural bonotok bonjaitok
3rd person plural bonjuk bonjaik

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  • 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

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Etymology 1

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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

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bon (first-person possessive bonku, second-person possessive bonmu, third-person possessive bonnya)

  1. receipt.
    Synonyms: faktur, invois, kuitansi, resi
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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bon (first-person possessive bonku, second-person possessive bonmu, third-person possessive bonnya)

  1. union, association, guild.
    Synonym: perserikatan

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Interlingua

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Adjective

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

  1. good

Japanese

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Romanization

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bon

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぼん

Kabuverdianu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese bom.

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bon

  1. good

Ladin

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Etymology

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From Latin bonus.

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

  1. able
  2. good
  3. probable

Malay

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Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ms

Etymology

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Borrowed from English bond.

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bon (Jawi spelling بون, plural bon-bon, informal 1st possessive bonku, 2nd possessive bonmu, 3rd possessive bonnya)

  1. (finance) bond: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract.

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  • obligasi (rare, predominantly in Indonesia)

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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

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Noun

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bon (plural bon or bones)

  1. bone
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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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bon

  1. Alternative form of boun

Middle French

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Alternative forms

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  • bõ (some manuscripts)

Etymology

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From Old French bon.

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

  1. good (virtuous, having positive qualities)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse bǫrn, plural of barn.

Noun

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bon n pl (definite bona or boni)

  1. 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 jamvæl
      Their 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 Bon
      Welcome 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 Bonom
      From likeness none rather than one gets with [his] children

Etymology 2

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Verb

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bon

  1. imperative of bone

References

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  • Ivar Aasen (1850) “Barn”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎[2] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

Old English

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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bōn f (nominative plural bōna)

  1. ornament
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Etymology 2

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Shortening of bōgan.

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bōn

  1. Alternative form of bōgan

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin bonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos.

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

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

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Declension of bon
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject bons bone bon
Oblique bon bone bon
Plural Subject bon bones bon
Oblique bons bones bon
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Old Occitan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin bonus.

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

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

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Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese bom and Kabuverdianu bon.

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bon

  1. good

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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bon m inan

  1. 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

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Declension of bon
singular plural
nominative bon bony
genitive bonu bonów
dative bonowi bonom
accusative bon bony
instrumental bonem bonami
locative bonie bonach
vocative bonie bony

Further reading

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

Romanian

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Etymology

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

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bon n (plural bonuri)

  1. voucher, ticket, coupon

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative bon bonul bonuri bonurile
genitive-dative bon bonului bonuri bonurilor
vocative bonule bonurilor

Slovene

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Etymology

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From German Bon.

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Noun

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bọ̑n m inan

  1. voucher

Inflection

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 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. bón
gen. sing. bóna
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		bón bóna bóni
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		bóna bónov bónov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		bónu bónoma bónom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		bón bóna bóne
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		bónu bónih bónih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		bónom bónoma bóni

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch boom.

Noun

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bon

  1. tree

Swedish

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Noun

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bon

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

Tày

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bon (蕡)

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

References

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  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[3][4] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[5] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Torres Strait Creole

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Etymology

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From English bone.

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bon

  1. bone

Venetan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin bonus. Compare Italian buono.

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

  1. good

Vietnamese

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bon • (𨁼)

  1. 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.

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Noun

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bon (nominative plural bons)

  1. bean

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declension of bon
singular plural
nominative bon bons
genitive bona bonas
dative bone bones
accusative boni bonis
vocative 1 o bon! o bons!
predicative 2 bonu bonus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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Walloon

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Etymology

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

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bon

  1. good

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