Meaning

3 senses
  1. Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.

    весёлыйvesjólyj

    very close and convivial

  2. (archaic)Kind; bountiful; benign.

    до́брыйdóbryj, доброжелательныйdobroželatelʹnyj

  3. (obsolete)Good; prosperous.

    boon voyage

Examples

3 sentences
  1. This dictionary is great boon up to us.

    ruЭтот словарь для нас - большой подарок. — shanghainese

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  2. The talented comedian Danny Boon is a Kabyle.

  3. Some Central Asian residents remain skeptical of the project, while others anticipate it will be an economic boon for the region.

Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
gay; merry; jovial; convivial:
kind; bountiful; benign:

Origin

From Middle English boon, bone, borrowed from Old Northern French boon, from Old French bo

From Middle English boon, bone, borrowed from Old Northern French boon, from Old French bon (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duonus, dvenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dū- (“to respect”).

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Forms

booner, boonest
Comparativebooner Lesson
Superlativeboonest Lesson

regular

Word family

2 related words
Relatedbounty

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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