bombonne

noun

bom·​bonne

ˈbämˌbän

plural -s

: a large globular bottle

specifically : an earthenware Woulff bottle

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French bonbonne, bombonne, borrowed from Occitan (Provence) boumbouno, from boumbo "short-necked earthenware flask" (probably borrowed from French bombe "spherical vase, literally, bomb entry 1") + -ouno, augmentative suffix, going back to Latin -ō, -ōn-, suffix of persons with a prominent feature

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Rhymes for bombonne

• anton
• argon
• axon
• baronne
• baryon
• baton
• boron
• buisson
• bygone
• capon
• cardon
• chiffon