different between bonbon vs lily

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bonbon, reduplication of bon (“good”), from Latin bonus.

Pronunciation

Noun

bonbon (plural bonbons)

1. A sweet, especially a small chocolate-covered candy.
2. (cooking) A small, spherical savory snack or canapé.

   The terrine was served with black pudding bonbons.

3. (Australia, South Africa) A Christmas cracker.

Czech

Alternative forms

• bonbón

Noun

bonbon m inan

1. candy

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French bonbon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?n?b?n/
• Hyphenation: bon?bon
• Rhymes: -?n

Noun

bonbon m (plural bonbons, diminutive bonbonnetje n)

1. A praline, a small chocolate-covered candy/sweet.

Derived terms

• bonbonnerie

French

Etymology

Reduplication of bon.

The standard rule in French is to write m in front of /m/, /p/ or /b/ – the rule does not apply to the words derived from bon: embonpoint, bonbonne and bonbonnière.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??.b??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

bonbon m (plural bonbons)

1. sweet, candy

Derived terms

• bonbonnière
• coûter bonbon
• rose bonbon

Descendants

• ? Bulgarian: ?????? (bonbon)
• ? English: bonbon
• ? German: Bonbon
• ? Portuguese: bombom
• ? Romanian: bomboan?
• ? Sotho: dipompong

Adverb

bonbon

1. (slang) expensive

Further reading

• “bonbon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?li/
• Rhymes: -?li

Noun

lily (plural lilies)

1. Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.
2. Any of several species of herbaceous flower which may or may not resemble the genus Lilium in some way, and which are not closely related to it or each other.
3. (heraldry) The flower used as a heraldic charge; also commonly used to describe the fleur-de-lis.
4. The end of a compass needle that should point north, traditionally often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.
5. (card games, usually in the plural) A royal spade in auction bridge.
6. (cartomancy) The thirtieth Lenormand card, representing calmness and maturity.

Alternative forms

• lilly (obsolete)

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

lily (not comparable)

1. (slang, derogatory) White (as a racial epithet).

Anagrams

• illy