bonjour French · revision 17439

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=early 13th century (bon jor)}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /bɔ̃.ʒuʁ/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (France): [bõ.ʒuə̯ʁ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Quebec): [bɒ̃ʊ̯̃.ʒʊu̯ʁ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Louisiana): [bɔ̃.ʒo(ɾ)]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''bonjour''' ''m'' (plural bonjours)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|fr|bon|jour]], literally “good day”, Old French [[m|fro|bon jor]], short for “souhaiter le bon jour” “to wish (someone) a good day”.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(Wiktionary)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(FEW|3, 104b) “Bon” continues [[la|bonus|t=good]], and “jour” popular Latin [[m|la|diurnum]], the neuter of the classical adjective [[m|la|diurnus|t=of the day]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ ''Bon jor'' “good day” is found in the early 13th century, and the welded greeting in its modern sense in the 15th century.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As a noun, ''le bonjour'', it names the greeting itself: ''dire bonjour'', ''donner le bonjour à quelqu'un'', ''bonjour chez vous''.^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007) ''Simple comme bonjour'' means “very easy”, and familiar ''bonjour les dégâts !'' ironically greets an unpleasant consequence.^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007) In North America ''bonjour'' is also used on taking leave.^(Wiktionary)^(GLLF 1989) English borrowed ''bonjour'' as a French greeting in the 1570s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Early 13th century – ''Bon jor''.^(Grand Robert 2005)

+ * 15th century – The modern greeting.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ * 1570s – English uses ''bonjour''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Interjection===

+ # Hello, good morning, good afternoon: a [[m|en|greeting]] used during the day.^(Wiktionary)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(North America)'' Goodbye.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A greeting: ''dire bonjour'', ''donner le bonjour à quelqu'un''.^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''Simple comme bonjour'': very easy.^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[bonsoir]]

+ * [[bon]]

+ * [[jour]]

+ * [[bonne nuit]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}