Bonmot
German, noun/bɔ̃ˈmoː/
Bonmot is spelled B-O-N-M-O-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 110,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bonmot is a German neuter noun meaning “witticism; a witty (i.e. clever and funny) saying; bon mot (but not implying a riposte)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “geistreiche, treffende Bemerkung oder Ausspruch, der meist der Unterhaltung dient”.
What does Bonmot mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterwitticism; a witty (i.e. clever and funny) saying; bon mot (but not implying a riposte)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. geistreiche, treffende Bemerkung oder Ausspruch, der meist der Unterhaltung dient
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Bonmot
- Bonmots genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bonmot?
- /bɔ̃ˈmoː/
- [bɔ̃ˈmoː]
- [bɔŋˈmoː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bonmot
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bonmot in German?
Bonmot appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).