Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bonne bouche

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.10 in modern English

Syllables: bon-ne bouche
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A gourmet titbit.

noun

Example Sentences

"It is a melancholy truth that this same New York, though the most charming, pleasant, polished, and praiseworthy city under the sun, and in a word the bonne bouche of the universe, is most shockingly ill-natured and sarcastic, and wickedly given to all manner of backslidings ; for which we are very sorry, indeed."
"Just then the desserts, mere bonnes bouches in foot-wide puddles of pink coulis, were set in front of them."
"I rub her bush with my cheek and my chin, tickle her bonne-bouche with my tongue."

Etymology

Coined in English from French bonne bouche (“agreeable taste”, literally “good mouth(ful)”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: bonne bouche

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

bonnes bouches (plural) bonne-bouche (alternative)

Questions

What does bonne bouche mean?: A gourmet titbit.
Where does bonne bouche come from?: It is traced to French.

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