Meaning

2 senses

  1. A demijohn or carboy.

  2. A gas cylinder.

Origin

Borrowed from French bonbonne f, from Occitan boumbouno m [from boumbo + -ouno, ultimately

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.

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Forms

plural: bonbonnes

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bombshellbonabonanzabondB1bondage
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