bonne
Americannoun
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bonnes
plural
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a maid-servant.
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a child's nurse.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of bonne
Literally, “good (feminine)”
Example Sentences
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It’s the bonne chance, as we say in French.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2024
Most of the letter was penned by a secretary but features six lines of Mary's writing and is signed "votre bien bonne amye, Marie", meaning "your good friend".
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2022
You can even add “Alexa, bonne nuit” to the same routine thanks to Amazon’s support for multilingual households.
From The Verge ● Jul. 26, 2021
And for what it’s worth, Emily’s chambre de bonne has very cute curtains.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2020
She made no ineffectual efforts to conduct her household en bonne ménagère, going and coming as it suited her fancy, and, so far as she was able, lending herself to any passing caprice.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
At a rally in Paris, about 500 women proclaimed their solidarity with Diallo: "Nous sommes toutes les bonnes."
From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2011
In Paris, the old-fashioned bonnes are few and far between.
From Time Magazine Archive
All the children send their loves to the two brave boys and the Normandy bonnes.
From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 by Georgina Hogarth
He spent time and thought in elaborating what he called bonnes farces, such as dressing himself up in Mme.
From The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol by Alec Ball
Unwearied in protective friendship, in meekly dextrous omnificence, in latent tutorship; the lovingly availablest of valets,—the mentally and personally bonniest of bonnes.
From Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens by John Ruskin
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