bonjour
Americaninterjection
Example Sentences
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Nous nous sommes dites bonjour, et dans l’oreille, je lui ai dit que je lui expliquerai.
From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2016
She greeted me with warm eyes and a soft bonjour, her long gray hair pulled back behind her head.
From The Verge • Feb. 13, 2015
But in France, bonjour means much more than that.
From Slate • Sep. 9, 2014
He compared the men replying to his messages to "starving piranhas, no bonjour, no pleasantries, it was direct and crude".
From The Guardian • Jun. 28, 2012
The word bo was short for bonjour, started by some chaps learning French in secondary school and wanting to show off.
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
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