bonbon

sweet, candy

“Je vous ai apporté des bonbons / Parce que les fleurs c'est périssable / Puis les bonbons c'est tellement bon / Bien que les fleurs soient plus présentables / Surtout quand elles sont en boutons / Mais je vous ai apporté des bonbons” — I brought you sweets / Because flowers are perishable / And the sweets are so good / Even though flowers would be more presentable / Especially when they're buds / But I brought you sweets

Related: bonbonnerie, bonbonnier, bonbonnière, coûter bonbon, rose bonbon

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin duonus Latin bonus Old French bon Middle French bon French bonredup. French bonbon Reduplication of bon (“good”). Compare English goodies. The standard rule in French is to write ⟨m⟩ in front of bilabial consonants (/m/, /p/, /b/). This rule does not apply to the words derived from bon, including embonpoint, bonbonnerie, bonbonnier, and bonbonnière. The word bonbonne (“carboy”) is unrelated from bon a

expensive

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin duonus Latin bonus Old French bon Middle French bon French bonredup. French bonbon Reduplication of bon (“good”). Compare English goodies. The standard rule in French is to write ⟨m⟩ in front of bilabial consonants (/m/, /p/, /b/). This rule does not apply to the words derived from bon, including embonpoint, bonbonnerie, bonbonnier, and bonbonnière. The word bonbonne (“carboy”) is unrelated from bon a