Dictionary

bonbonniere en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌbɔn.bəˈnɪɹ/ (US)
• /ˌbɔn.bɔnˈjɛɚ/ (US)

Etymology

From French bonbonnière, from bonbon + -ière.

Meanings

1. A small decorative container (box, dish or pouch) used to hold sweets.
   • Her wedding shoes, place cards and bonbonniere are among all her lost possessions, but luckily she still has her groom. 2009 February 12, Catherine Best, “Firestorm puts paid to wedding plans in Flowerdale”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 15 Feb 2009:
   • At each plate was a fluffy little chicken bonbonniere filled with candies. 1899, New England Florist, page 93:
   • To such an extent was the use of this medicine carried at one period, that Dr. Zinck remarks, “It was pushed so far that I may say, without exaggeration, the tincture of Iodine bottle occupied the place of the bonbonniere, (sweet meat box) for I have seen persons carrying it about with them.” 1828, Thomas Buchanan, An Essay on a New Mode of Treatment for Diseased Joints, and the Non-Union of Fracture, London:
   • “What is that, Elsie?” I said, as an exquisite pink silk bonbonniere fell out on the coverlet. 8 May 1908, The Queanbeyan Age, page 4:

Forms

Relateds

bonbon

Translations (7)

cs bonboniéra (Translations) · de Bonbonniere (Translations) · fr bonbonnière (Translations) · tr bonbonyer (Translations) · sv bonbonjär (Translations) · da bonbonniere (Translations) · nl bonbonnière (Translations)