bonne
Americannoun
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bonnes
plural
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a maid-servant.
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a child's nurse.
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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
But my new friend simply showed me the building, shook my hand, gave a fine bonne soiree, and walked off into the wide open night.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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
I had never consciously or deliberately tried to disturb the peace of a single soul, and was above the level of the conventional bonnes fortunes one meets in his every-day path.
From In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II by Paul Heyse
You go ovaire-board bose of you, and I am vair sorry for ze bonnes mammas.”
From Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days by W. (William) Rainey
But occasionally we find her descending to more personal matters, rallying him on his bonnes fortunes, and moralising in the style of an indulgent elder brother.
From Queens of the French Stage by H. Noel Williams
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