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5,394 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

bonhomme de neige: snowman
bonhommie: post-1990 spelling of bonhomie
boni: profit
bonification: bonification; improvement
bonifier: to improve
boniment: patter, pitch, spiel, sales pitch
bonimenter: To patter; to give a sales pitch
bonimenteur: a huckster
bonisme: alternative spelling of bonnisme
bonite: bonito (fish of the genus Sarda)
bonjeanie: canary clover (Dorycnium hirsutum)
bonjour: good day; good afternoon; goodbye
bonjour: greetings; hello (general salutation)
bonjour les dégâts: what a mess!; it's a recipe for disaster! there'll be trouble!
bonjour/hi: hello, good day
bonnard: nice
bonnasse: a hottie, a bombshell, a stunna
bonne: maid
bonne action: good deed, good turn
bonne année: Happy New Year!
bonne après-midi: have a good afternoon (a phrase uttered upon a farewell)
bonne chance: good luck!
bonne continuation: all the best, best of luck (used to wish someone, who one doesn't expect to see again, luck in their future endeavours)
bonne fille: kind-spirited
bonne foi: good faith
bonne fée: fairy godmother; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bonne, fée.
bonne fête: happy birthday; happy name day
bonne humeur: good mood, good spirits
bonne journée: have a nice day (a phrase uttered upon a farewell)
bonne matinée: Have a good morning (a phrase uttered upon a farewell)
bonne merde: break a leg! Good luck!
bonne nouvelle: good news
bonne nuit: good night (a phrase uttered upon a farewell)
bonne parole: word, gospel, message
bonne poire: a sucker
bonne pomme: synonym of bonne poire (“a sucker, a naive person”)
bonne pratique: best practice
bonne route: safe travels!
bonne soeur: nonstandard spelling of bonne sœur
bonne soirée: Have a good evening (a phrase uttered upon a farewell)
bonne sœur: nun; sister
bonne volonté: willingness, readiness, can-do attitude
bonne à tout faire: maid-of-all-work
bonne âme: kind soul, good soul, Good Samaritan (person who gives help or sympathy to someone in distress)
bonne étoile: lucky star
bonne-main: tip
bonne-maman: granny, grandma
bonnement: really, exactly; simply
bonnes manières: good manners
bonnes vacances: have a good holiday! enjoy your vacation!
bonnes œuvres: charity in a general sense; the good deeds, especially charitable acts, done by a person in accordance with Christian teachings
bonnet: beanie; hat, cap; bonnet (for baby); a knitted hat, usually woollen; cup (of bra)
bonnet blanc, blanc bonnet: tomayto, tomahto; same difference; six of one, half a dozen of the other
bonnet d'âne: dunce cap, dunce hat (conical hat one pupil is forced to wear to indicate he is a dunce); donkey ears
bonnet de bain: swim cap
bonnet de douche: shower cap
bonnet de nuit: nightcap (clothing); wet blanket; killjoy
bonnet phrygien: Phrygian cap, liberty cap
bonnet rouge: a French revolutionary during the French Revolution; any revolutionary
bonneteau: three-card monte