bonbonnière

See also: bonbonniere

French

Etymology

From bonbon +‎ -ière.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɔ̃.bɔ.njɛʁ/
Audio (file)
Homophone: bonbonnières
Hyphenation: bon‧bo‧nnière

Noun

bonbonnière f (plural bonbonnières)

candy box
(figuratively, informal) small, exquisite house

Descendants

→ English: bonbonniere
→ Friulian: bomboniere
→? Georgian: ბონბონიერი (bonbonieri)
→ Italian: bomboniera
→⇒ Russian: бонбонье́рка (bonbonʹjérka)
- → Armenian: բոնբոներկա (bonbonerka), բամբաներկա (bambanerka), բանբաներկա (banbanerka)
- → Georgian: ბამბანერკა (bambanerḳa), ბანბანერკა (banbanerḳa)
→ Sicilian: bummunera

Further reading

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

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