bonjour
Americaninterjection
Example Sentences
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He could have whispered a simple bonjour through the door in his distinctive gravel.
From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2022
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
On Twitter recently, he volunteered the three things that annoy him most about France: "People saying bonjour, grown men trying to kiss you to say hello and bum bags."
From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 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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