bondon

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From bonde +‎ -on.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bɔ̃.dɔ̃/
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Noun[edit]

bondon m (plural bondons)

  1. bung
  2. (by extension) type of French cheese resembling a bung
  3. bung-hole
  4. bar of soap

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Further reading[edit]

Piedmontese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Gaulish *bunda, feminine form of *bundos (“bottom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-, *bʰudʰmḗn.[1] Cognate with French bondon.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bondon m

  1. a plug, a bung

References[edit]

  1. ^ “bondon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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