bonjour

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French bonjour (“good afternoon/good day/good morning”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) (without the pour–poor merger) IPA(key): /bɒnˈʒʊə/, /bɒ̃ˈʒʊə/, /bɒnˈd͡ʒʊə/ (pour–poor merger) IPA(key): /bɒnˈd͡ʒɔː/, /bɒnˈʒɔː/ (General American) (without the pour–poor merger) IPA(key): /bɑnˈʒʊəɹ/, /bɑnˈd͡ʒʊəɹ/ (pour–poor merger) IPA(key): /bɑnˈd͡ʒoɹ/, /bɑnˈʒoɹ/ Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ), -ɔː(ɹ) === Interjection === bonjour (in French contexts) Good morning; hello. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === bonjour (third-person singular simple present bonjours, present participle bonjouring, simple past and past participle bonjoured) (ambitransitive) To greet in French with "bonjour". == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French bonjour, from Old French bon jor (literally “good day”). By surface analysis, bon (“good”) +‎ jour (“day”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɔ̃.ʒuʁ/ (France) IPA(key): [bõ.ʒuə̯ʁ] (Quebec) IPA(key): [bɒ̃ʊ̯̃.ʒʊu̯ʁ] (Louisiana) IPA(key): [bɔ̃.ʒo(ɾ)] Homophone: Bonjour === Noun === bonjour m (plural bonjours) greetings; hello (general salutation) === Interjection === bonjour good day; good afternoon (North America) goodbye ==== Synonyms ==== salut (familiar) bonjour/hi (Montréal) beaujour (Missouri) boujou (Normandy) ==== Antonyms ==== au revoir ==== Derived terms ==== bonjour les dégâts bonjourer rebonjour simple comme bonjour ==== Related terms ==== bonne année bonne journée bonne nuit bonsoir ==== Descendants ==== Antillean Creole: bonjou Haitian Creole: bonjou Louisiana Creole: bonjou Mauritian Creole: bonzour → Alemannic German: buschur → English: bonjour === Further reading === “bonjour”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Indonesian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French bonjour (“greetings; hello”). === Noun === bonjour (plural bonjour-bonjour) greetings; hello Synonym: selamat === Further reading === “bonjour”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016