bona
/ˈbəʊnə/
bona adjective: good.
Adjective
bona (comparative more bona, superlative most bona)
- Good.
- SANDY: Oh, get him! The vanity of the man. Well, p'raps not Nelson then. How about reproductions of great masterpieces?
JULIAN: A bona idea. Now, let me see...1966, Kenneth Horne, Bona Tattoos (Round the Horne), season 2, spoken by Julian and Sandy (Hugh Paddick and Kenneth Williams) - Will you take a varder at the cartz on the feely-omi in the naf strides: the one with the bona blue ogles polarying the omi-palone with a vogue on and a cod sheitel.1997, James Gardiner, Who's a Pretty Boy Then?, page 137
- Synonyms:
- good
- SANDY: Oh, get him! The vanity of the man. Well, p'raps not Nelson then. How about reproductions of great masterpieces?
Adverb
bona (comparative more bona, superlative most bona)
- Well.
- Order lau your luppers on the strillers bona.1967, Kenneth Horne, Bona Guest House (Round the Horne), season 3, spoken by Julian (Hugh Paddick)
Proper noun capitalized: Bona
Bona
bona meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
bona in Hindi
- बोना
bona in Tamil
- போனா, பொனா
bona in Marathi
- बोना
bona in Urdu
- بونا
More languagesFewer languages
- bona in Telugu
- బోనా
- bona in Kannada
- ಬೋನಾ
- bona in Punjabi
- ਬੋਨਾ
- bona in Gujarati
- બોના
- bona in Odia
- ବୋନା
- bona in Nepali
- बोना
Examples of bona in a sentence
- Although he failed, the prime minister made a bona fide attempt to repair the nation's damaged economy.
- This is a bona fide Roman coin.
- How bona to vada your eek!
Synonyms of bona
Antonyms
Forms of bona
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more bona |
| superlative | most bona |
| alternative form | bonar |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more bona |
| superlative | most bona |
Origin of bona
Borrowed from Sabir bona (“good”), from Italian buono (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duenos (“good”), from Proto-Italic *dwenos (“good”). Doublet of bonus.
Words formed from bona
Phrases with bona
Words that rhyme with bona
Questions about bona
- What does bona mean?
- Bona means good.
- What is bona in Hindi?
- Bona in Hindi is बोना. See Bona meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bona?
- Bona can be an adjective, an adverb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce bona?
- Bona is pronounced /ˈbəʊnə/.
Words near bona in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bona (page history and authors); Bona (page history and authors); bona (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bona (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bona (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bona (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bona (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bona (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bona (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bona (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bona (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bona (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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