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bonbon

bonbon noun: a sweet, especially a small chocolate-covered candy.

bonbon: a sweet, especially a small chocolate-covered candy
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Noun

bonbon (plural bonbons)

  1. A sweet, especially a small chocolate-covered candy.
  2. A small, spherical savory snack or canapé.
    • The terrine was served with black pudding bonbons.
  3. (Australia, South Africa) A Christmas cracker.

Proper noun capitalized: Bonbon

Bonbon

  1. A barangay of Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines.

bonbon meaning in Tamil

bonbon in Tamil

இனிப்புப் பண்ட வகை

Forms of bonbon

pluralbonbons

Origin of bonbon

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

Words formed from bonbon

Questions about bonbon

What does bonbon mean?
Bonbon means a sweet, especially a small chocolate-covered candy.
What is bonbon in Tamil?
Bonbon in Tamil is இனிப்புப் பண்ட வகை. See Bonbon meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bonbon?
Bonbon can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of bonbon?
The plural of bonbon is bonbons.

Words near bonbon in the dictionary

  1. bonavist pea
  2. Bonavista
  3. Bonavita
  4. Bonavitas
  5. Bonbeach
  6. bonbon
  7. bonboniere
  8. bonbonieres
  9. bonbonne
  10. bonbonnes
  11. bonbonniere

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bonbon (page history and authors); Bonbon (page history and authors); bonbon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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