BON

Definition: BON

BON

Adjective

1. Good; valid as security for something.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "BON" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Etymology: Bon \Bon\, adjective. [French expression, from the Latin expression bonus.]. (references)

Computing

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

BON

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Benevolence

Good Samaritan, sympathizer, bon enfant; altruist.

Cheapness

Adverb: for a mere song, for a song; at cost, at cost price, at prime cost, at a reduction; a bon marche.

Cheerfulness

Noun: cheerfulness; Adjective: geniality, gayety, l'allegro, cheer, good humor, spirits; high spirits, animal spirits, flow of spirits; glee, high glee, light heart; sunshine of the mind, sunshine of the breast; gaiete de coeur, bon naturel.

Departure

Interjection: begone!; (ejection); farewell! adieu! goodbye! good day! au revoir! fare you well! God bless you! God speed! all aboard! auf wiedersehen! au plaisir de vous revoir! bon voyage! gluckliche Reise! vive valeque!

Fashion

Noun: fashion, style, ton, bon ton, society; good society, polite society; monde; drawing-room, civilized life, civilization, town, beau monde, high life, court; world; fashionable world, gay world; Vanity Fair; show; (ostentation).

Gluttony

Epicure, bon vivant, gourmand; glutton, cormorant, hog, belly god, Apicius, gastronome; gourmet; a.

Hope

Probable, on the high road to; within sight of shore, within sight of land; promising, propitious; of promise, full of promise; of good omen; auspicious, de bon augure; reassuring; encouraging, cheering, inspiriting, looking up, bright, roseate, couleur de rose, rose-colored.

Humorist

Noun: humorist, wag, wit, reparteeist, epigrammatist, punster; bel esprit, life of the party; wit-snapper, wit-cracker, wit-worm; joker, jester, Joe Miller, drole de corps, gaillard, spark; bon diable; practical joker.

Navigation

Phrase: bon voyage; "spread the thin oar and catch the driving gale".

Necessity

Adverb: necessarily; adVerb: of necessity, of course; ex necessitate rei; needs must; perforce; nolens volens; will he nil he, willy nilly, bon gre mal gre, willing or unwilling, coute que coute.

Price

One may have it for; a bon marche.

Right

Adverb: rightly; Adjective: _ bon droit, au bon droit, in justice, in equity, in reason.

Sociality

Good fellow, jolly fellow; bon enfant,good fellow, jolly fellow; bon enfant, bawcock.

Crosswords: BON

Catalan (good, nice, okay), Czech (coupon), Dutch (coupon, receipt), French (beneficial, bond, dainty, good, kind, kindly, lovely, nice, okay, open-hearted, reliable, right, so, then, voucher, warrant, well), French Canadian (good), German (bank-note, coupon, receipt, sales slip, voucher), Haitian Creole (good, well), Hungarian (note of hand), Indonesian (bill, check, chit, voucher), Lombard (able, capable, good, nice, okay), Maya (to paint), Occitan (good), Papiamen (good, nice, okay, well), Romanian (bill, check, chit, coupon, ticket, voucher), Serbo-Croatian (bonn, token), Sranan (tree), Yucatec (dye, paint).

Bon, the other boys of the band say that you're great, but a little special you know what they mean by that (AC/DC: Let There Be Rock; writing credit: Atom Egoyan)

Bon voyage (Grease; writing credit: Jim Jacobs; Warren Casey)

J. Bon Jovi (Miracle; performing artist: Jon Bon Jovi)

Un bon patriote (1974)

Le Bon samaritain (1974)

La Vie du bon côté: Claude Chabrol (1973)

Bon Palashir Padabali (1973)

On est toujours trop bon avec les femmes (1971)

Shake Your Bon Bon (performing artist: Ricky Martin)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Bon Appetit Holding AG: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Bon Ton Stores, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Bon Voyage: An Oblique Glance at the World of Tourism (reference)

• Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons (reference)

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Periodicals

• Bon Voyage (reference)

• C Est Ce Bon (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back) (reference)

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Music

• Blaze Of Glory: Songs Written And Performed By Jon Bon Jovi, Inspired By The Film Young Guns II [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• Bon Voyage (reference)

• Ray Brown Monty Alexander Russell Malone (Ltd Bon) (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Seiko DF4033CS Bon Voyage World Travel Alarm with Organizer and 6 Language Translator (reference)

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Une Alimentation Équilibrée : Bon Appétit - Bonne Santé!. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

View looking aft from the ship's island as she steams with other carriers during a western Pacific gunnery practice session, circa June 1945. Next ship astern is USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31), firing her 5"/38 battery to starboard. Two small aircraft carriers (CVL) are beyond her. Note yellow flight deck markings on Hornet and TBM and SB2C aircraft parked aft. Credit: NAVY.

A Japanese aircraft is shot down just off the starboard bow of USS Wasp (CV-18), during operations off Honshu, Japan, 9 August 1945. Two Fletcher class destroyers are in the foreground. Photographed from USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31), the image includes two frames, showing the scene just before and after the crash. The original caption identifies the aircraft as a "Grace" (Aichi B7A2). Credit: NAVY.

"Bon voyage!". Credit: Library of Congress.

Bon Air Hotel, Summerville, [i.e. Augusta] Ga. Credit: Library of Congress.

St. Bon Ossko, baker store. Credit: Library of Congress.

Le bon feu 1914-1915-1916. N'oubliez pas ceux qui ont froid. Credit: Library of Congress.

'Pro Patria' - Le bon evêque de Meaux. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bon Ton Burlesquers 365 days ahead of them all. Credit: Library of Congress.

'Pro Patria' - Le bon evêque de Meaux. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Economic History

Chile

Most franchises now in Chile focus on the fast-food sector, including McDonald's, Au Bon Pain, Domino's Pizza, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Burger King. (references)

Human Rights

Netherlands

The Government of the Netherlands Antilles was renovating the entire prison complex, and in April a new cellblock was renovated; the prison's name was changed from Koraal Specht to Bon Futuro. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "BON": _ bon droit ♦ a bon marche ♦ au bon droit ♦ Bon Air ♦ Bon Aire ♦ Bon Ami ♦ bon appetit ♦ bon appetit! ♦ bon appetite ♦ bon appetite! ♦ Bon Aqua ♦ bon diable ♦ bon enfant ♦ bon gre mal gre ♦ Bon Homme County ♦ bon mot ♦ bon naturel ♦ Bon Secour ♦ Bon shamanic practices ♦ Bon Silene ♦ Bon ton ♦ bon vivant ♦ bon voyage ♦ bon voyage! ♦ Bon Wier. Additional references.

Beginning with "BON": Bon-accord, bon-bon, bon-bons, bon-fire, bon-goût, Bon-lecours, bon-mots, BON-pigment.

Ending with "BON": bobblesbon-bon, bon-bon.

Albanian

bon apetit (bon appetit). (various references)

Arabic 

‏رحلة سعيدة (bon voyage, safe journey, safe trip), ‏بصحتك (bon appetit). (various references)

Bulgarian 

добър апетит (bon appetite, twist). (various references)

Chinese 

一路平安 (bon voyage, to have a pleasant journey). (various references)

Danish

bolsje (bonbon, bon-bon). (various references)

Dutch

bonbon (bonbon, bon-bon). (various references)

Esperanto

bombono (bonbon, bon-bon). (various references)

Faeroese

bomm (bonbon, bon-bon, candy). (various references)

Finnish

BON-pigmentti (BON-pigment). (various references)

French

bonbon (bonbon, bon-bon). (various references)

German

BON-pigment (BON-pigment), bonmot (bon mot), Bonbon (bonbon, bon-bon, candy, Goody, lozenger, sweet, sweetie, sweetmeat), schlemmer (bon vivant, gourmet, sybarite), Primasprit (bon-goût alcohol), lebemann (bon vivant, rake, roue), genussmensch (bon vivant, hedonist). (various references)

Greek 

πιγμέντο Β.Ο.Ν. (BON-pigment). (various references)

Hebrew 

דרך צלחה (bon voyage, god speed, happy journey), בתיאבון (bon appetit), בתאבון (bon appetit, good appetite, heartily). (various references)

Hungarian

bombon (bonbon, bon-bon), szellemes megjegyzés (bon mot, sally, sally of wit, witticism), jó étvágyat (bon appetite). (various references)

Italian

confetto (bonbon, bon-bon, candy, comfit, sugared almond), alcool buon gusto (bon-goût alcohol, neutral spirit, silent spirit). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ボルツマン定数 (bolero, bolt, Boltzmann's constant, bond, bonding, bongo, bonjour, boron, Good evening, volley, volt, voltage, Volvo). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ボン . (various references)

Manx

fockle traaoil (bon mot), cair vie (bon voyage, favourable wind, God speed). (various references)

Pig Latin

onbay.(various references)

Polish

cukierek (bonbon, bon-bon). (various references)

Portuguese

bombom (bonbon, bon-bon, chocolate, comfit, goody, sugarplum, sweetie, sweetmeat, sweety), pigmentos B.O.N. (BON-pigment). (various references)

Romanian

poftã bunã (a good appetite to you, bon appetit). (various references)

Russian 

bons mots остроумное выражение (bon mot), конфета (bon-bon, cachou, candy, candy bar, comfit, goody goody, piece of candy, sweet, sweetmeat), острота (acridity, acridness, acuity, acuteness, bon mot, fineness, funnies, joke, mot, one-liner, pepper, pepperiness, piquancy, poignancy, pungency, quip, sharpness, trenchancy, wisecrack, witticism), жуир (bon vivant, free-liver, good liver), приятного аппетита (bon appetit). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

prijatno (agreeably, bon appetit, cosily, pleasantly). (various references)

Spanish

bombón (bonbon, bon-bon, candy, chocolate, dish, nicy, scrumptious girl, smasher). (various references)

Swedish

bål (body, bonfire, bon-fire, bowl, bowl (to drink), cup, fire, pile, punch, pyre, torso, trunk). (various references)

Turkish

nükteli söz (bon mot, epigram, witty saying), afiyet olsun (bon appetit). (various references)

Ukrainian

Гарний. (various references)

Vietnamese 

kẹo (bon-bon, sweet, sweetmeat). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "BON": bonaci, bonacis, bonanza, bonanzas, bonbon, bonbons, bond, bondable, bondage, bondages, bonded, bonder, bonders, bondholder, bondholders, bonding, bondings, bondmaid, bondmaids, bondman, bondmen, bonds, bondsman, bondsmen, bondstone, bondstones, bonduc, bonducs, bondwoman, bondwomen, bone, boned, bonefish, bonefishes, bonefishing, bonefishings, bonehead, boneheaded, boneheadedness, boneheadednesses, boneheads, boneless, bonemeal, bonemeals, boner, boners, bones, boneset, bonesets, bonesetter, bonesetters. (additional references)

Words ending with "BON": bonbon, bourbon, carbon, chlorofluorocarbon, ebon, fluorocarbon, gibbon, halocarbon, hydrocarbon, multicarbon, radiocarbon, ribbon. (additional references)

Words containing "BON": aitchbone, aitchbones, ambones, anklebone, anklebones, backbone, backbones, beribboned, bicarbonate, bicarbonates, billabong, billabongs, bluebonnet, bluebonnets, bourbonism, bourbonisms, bourbons, breastbone, breastbones, bubonic, carbonaceous, carbonade, carbonades, carbonado, carbonadoed, carbonadoes, carbonadoing, carbonados, carbonara, carbonaras, carbonate, carbonated, carbonates, carbonating, carbonation, carbonations, carbonic, carboniferous, carbonization, carbonizations, carbonize, carbonized, carbonizes, carbonizing, carbonless, carbonnade, carbonnades, carbons, carbonyl, carbonylation, carbonylations. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: nob.

-1 letter: bo, no, on.

+1 letter: bond, bone, bong, bonk, bony, boon, born, ebon, knob, nobs, snob.

+2 letters: aboon, bacon, banco, banjo, baron, baton, beano, beton, bingo, biont, bison, blond, blown, bogan, boing, bonds, boned, boner, bones, boney, bongo, bongs, bonks, bonne, bonny, bonus, bonze, boons, borne, boron, boson, bosun, bound, bourn, bronc, brown, bunco, bunko, ebons, ebony, goban, knobs, nabob, nobby, noble, nobly, robin, snobs, unbox.