bonjour

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English

Clothing with bonjour text

Etymology

From French bonjour (“hello/good day/good morning”).

Pronunciation

Interjection

bonjour

  1. (in French contexts) Good morning; hello.
    • 2009 March 13, Alexandra Jacobs, “Blame the Messager”, in New York Times‎:
      Say bonjour to the botched R.S.V.P. The practice of replying to invitations, let alone actually showing up to parties as promised, has become as antiquated as the chimney sweep, and much messier.

Translations

Verb

bonjour (third-person singular simple present bonjours, present participle bonjouring, simple past and past participle bonjoured)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To greet in French with "bonjour".
    • 1938, Donald Barr Chidsey, Each one was alone:
      He went on down the boulevard, bonjouring right and left, lifting his hat, bowing. He moved very slowly.
    • 1988, Gary Hart, The Strategies of Zeus:
      Connaughton entered the simple but cheery restaurant, checked his coat, bonjoured the maître d'...
    • 2005, James H Irwin, Mokanshan: A Tale of Wallis Simpson's Naughty Shanghai Postcards:
      They bonjoured back and stood there awkwardly. Finally, Flood broke the silence.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bonjour, from Old French bon jor (literally “good day”). By surface analysis, bon (“good”) +‎ jour (“day”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bonjour m (plural bonjours)

  1. greetings; hello (general salutation)
    Tu passeras le bonjour à ta mère !
    You will say hello to your mother!
    (literally, “You will pass a hello to your mother!”)

Interjection

bonjour

  1. good day; good morning
    Bonjour, mon ami !
    Good day, friend!
    Bonjour, monsieur le Président !
    Good morning, Mr. President!
  2. (North America) goodbye

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Antillean Creole: bonjou
  • Haitian Creole: bonjou
  • Louisiana Creole: bonjou
  • Mauritian Creole: bonzour
  • → Alemannic German: buschur
  • → English: bonjour

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Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French bonjour (“greetings; hello”).

Noun

bonjour (first-person possessive bonjourku, second-person possessive bonjourmu, third-person possessive bonjournya)

  1. greetings; hello
    Synonym: selamat

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