bondon

French

Etymology

From bonde +‎ -on.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɔ̃.dɔ̃/
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Noun

bondon m (plural bondons)

  1. bung
  2. (by extension) type of French cheese resembling a bung
  3. bung-hole
  4. bar of soap

Derived terms

Further reading

Piedmontese

Etymology

Ultimately from Gaulish *bunda, feminine form of *bundos (“bottom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-, *bʰudʰmḗn.[1] Cognate with French bondon.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bunˈduŋ/

Noun

bondon m

  1. a plug, a bung

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