bonsoir
French
Etymology
From
bon
+
soir
.
Pronunciation
IPA
(key)
:
/bɔ̃.swaʁ/
(
France
)
IPA
(key)
:
[bõ.swaːʁ]
Audio
(
Paris
)
:
(file)
(
Canada
,
standard
)
IPA
(key)
:
[bɔ̃.swɑːʁ]
(
Quebec
,
informal
)
IPA
(key)
:
[bɒ̃ʊ̯̃.swɔːʁ]
,
[bɒ̃ʊ̯̃.swɒːʁ]
(
Acadia
,
Gaspésie
)
IPA
(key)
:
[bɒ̃ʊ̯̃.swɛːʁ]
,
[bɔ̃.swɛːɾ]
Interjection
bonsoir
good evening
Derived terms
bon sang de bonsoir
Descendants
Haitian Creole:
bonswa
Louisiana Creole:
bonswa
See also
bonne soirée
bonne journée
bonne nuit
bonjour
Further reading
“
bonsoir
”, in
Trésor de la langue française informatisé
[
Digitized Treasury of the French Language
]
,
2012
.
Anagrams
boirons
,
robions