bonbonnière

See also: bonbonniere and Bonbonniere

English

Noun

bonbonnière (plural bonbonnières)

  1. Alternative spelling of bonbonniere
    • 1869, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Ralph the Bailiff and Other Stories‎[1], page 387:
      It was the age of boudoir art, and a miniature set in the lid of a gold bonbonnière, or hidden artfully in a massive bracelet, was more fashionable than a clumsy life-size image, fit only to hang on the gloomy walls of a provincial château rarely visited by its owner.

French

Etymology

From bonbon +‎ -ière.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔ̃.bɔ.njɛʁ/
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  • Homophone: bonbonnières
  • Hyphenation: bon‧bon‧nière

Noun

bonbonnière f (plural bonbonnières)

  1. candy box
  2. (figuratively, informal) small, exquisite house
  3. (dated) female equivalent of bonbonnier
    Near-synonym: confiseuse

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