Categories: Common language, Culinary & food
🇫🇷 (un, le) bonbon [NM], (un, le) bonbec/bombec [NM][FAM], (une, la) sucrerie [NF]
Related term(s): bombonjera, lizika/lizanka, sladkarija
IPA pronunciation: [bɔ̃.bɔ̃],[bɔ̃.bɛk],[sy.kʁə.ʁi]
Grammar: des/les bonbons [PLUR]. Grammatical exception: normally, in French, it is always the letter m, and not n, standing before b; this is not the case with bonbon.
Example(s) of use: « Les bonbons Haribo fêtent leur 100 ans » france bleu (13/12/2020)
Expressions, idioms: ça coûte bonbon [Argot]
Literally meaning: it costs sweets: it costs a lot, it is very expensive, it costs a bomb
Synonyms or related terms: (une, la) friandise, (une, la) confiserie
Other meanings: bonbons (casser les bonbons) [PLUR][VULG][SLNG]: balls, bollocks
Pivot language: bonbon [🇬🇧], sweet [🇬🇧], candy [🇬🇧]
Grammar: des/les bonbons [PLUR]. Grammatical exception: normally, in French, it is always the letter m, and not n, standing before b; this is not the case with bonbon.
Example(s) of use: « Les bonbons Haribo fêtent leur 100 ans » france bleu (13/12/2020)
Expressions, idioms: ça coûte bonbon [Argot]
Literally meaning: it costs sweets: it costs a lot, it is very expensive, it costs a bomb
Synonyms or related terms: (une, la) friandise, (une, la) confiserie
Other meanings: bonbons (casser les bonbons) [PLUR][VULG][SLNG]: balls, bollocks
Pivot language: bonbon [🇬🇧], sweet [🇬🇧], candy [🇬🇧]