boon

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /buːn/ Rhymes: -uːn === Etymology 1 === From Middle English boon (“prayer”), from Old Norse bón (“prayer, petition”), from Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“supplication”), influenced by boon (“good, favorable”, adjective). Doublet of ben; see there for more. ==== Noun ==== boon (plural boons) A good thing; a thing to be thankful for or to appreciate duly. Antonym: bane Near-synonyms: gift; blessing, benefit; see also Thesaurus:gift That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction. (obsolete) A prayer; petition. (British, dialectal) An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord. (Hinduism) A blessing, typically a supernatural power, granted to an ascetic by a god or goddess. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English boon, bone, borrowed from Old Northern French boon, from Old French bon (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duonus, dvenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dū- (“to respect”). ==== Adjective ==== boon (comparative booner, superlative boonest) (now only in boon companion) Gay; merry; jovial; convivial. 1985, Herbert Kretzmer (English lyrics), Les Misérables (musical), "Master of the House," second and third refrains, fifth line: (2) "Everybody's boon companion, / Everybody's chaperon"; (3) "Everybody's boon companion: / Give[s] 'em everything he's got" (archaic) Kind; bountiful; benign. (obsolete) Good; prosperous. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From Middle English bone (“reed, stem, husk”), akin to or alteration of Old English bune (“reed; drinking cup”). ==== Noun ==== boon (uncountable) The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching. ===== Synonyms ===== shive, shove === References === === Anagrams === Bono, NOBO, Obon, noob == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch boon, from Middle Dutch bône, from Old Dutch *bōna, Proto-West Germanic *baunu, from Proto-Germanic *baunō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʊə̯n/ === Noun === boon (plural bone, diminutive boontjie) bean ==== Descendants ==== → Xhosa: imbotyi (from the diminutive) == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch bône, from Old Dutch *bōna, from Proto-Germanic *baunō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /boːn/ (Belgium) IPA(key): [boːn] (Netherlands) IPA(key): [boʊ̯n] Hyphenation: boon Rhymes: -oːn === Noun === boon f or m (plural bonen, diminutive boontje n) bean Hypernym: peulvrucht ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: boon→ Xhosa: imbotyi (from the diminutive) Berbice Creole Dutch: bono Negerhollands: bontśi, boontje, boonschi (from the diminutive) → Virgin Islands Creole: bontsi (archaic) → Caribbean Javanese: bontyis (from the diminutive plural) → Indonesian: buncis (from the diminutive plural) → Petjo: bontjies, boontjies → Javanese: buncis (from the diminutive plural) → Papiamentu: bonchi, boontsje (from the diminutive) → Sranan Tongo: bonki (from the diminutive) → Caribbean Hindustani: bongki == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Old Norse bón, from Proto-Germanic *bōniz. ==== Alternative forms ==== bone ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /boːn/ Rhymes: -oːn ==== Noun ==== boon (plural boons or boonen) prayer, supplication, request boon, bonus ===== Descendants ===== English: boon Scots: boon ===== References ===== “bọ̄n, n.(2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Old Northern French boon, from Old French bon (“good”). ==== Alternative forms ==== bone, boun, bon ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /boːn/ Rhymes: -oːn ==== Adjective ==== boon good ===== Descendants ===== English: boon ===== References ===== “bọ̄n, bōn, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== boon alternative form of bon == Old French == === Adjective === boon m (oblique and nominative feminine singular boone, comparative meillor, superlative meillor) alternative form of bon