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bonbonne

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Borrowed from French bonbonne f, from Occitan boumbouno m [from boumbo + -ouno, ultimately from Latin bombus and -ōnem], made feminine in French under the influence of French bonne (unrelated), and with change of bomb- to bonb- under the influence of French bonbon (also unrelated). Although less common in French, the spelling bombonne more accurately reflects the Latin bomb- root.

noun bonbonnes · bombonne

A demijohn or carboy.
A gas cylinder.

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@misc{bonbonne_2026,
  title = {bonbonne},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bonbonne},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}