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bonjour/hi

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Quebec[bɒ̃ʊ̯̃ˈʒʊu̯ʁ haɪ̯]

bonjour/hi interjection: good day.

Interjection

  1. (Montreal) Good day.
    • Such is the alarm about the fragility of French in Quebec that a few years ago the provincial government passed a nonbinding resolution calling for shop attendants to replace “bonjour hi” — a common greeting in bilingual, tourist-friendly Montreal — with just “bonjour.”2021 October 9, Dan Bilefsky, “French Language Laws Renew Rift With Quebec's English Speakers”, in The New York Times, retrieved 09 Oct 2021

Forms of bonjour/hi

alternative formbonjour hi
alternative formbonjour-hi

Origin of bonjour/hi

From French bonjour + hi.

Questions about bonjour/hi

What does bonjour/hi mean?
Bonjour/hi means good day.
What part of speech is bonjour/hi?
Bonjour/hi is an interjection.
How do you pronounce bonjour/hi?
Bonjour/hi is pronounced [bɒ̃ʊ̯̃ˈʒʊu̯ʁ haɪ̯] (Quebec).

Words near bonjour/hi in the dictionary

  1. bonito
  2. bonitoes
  3. bonitos
  4. Bonjeg
  5. bonjour
  6. bonjour/hi
  7. bonjoured
  8. bonjouring
  9. Bonjours
  10. bonk
  11. bonk bag

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