ah bon
French, interjection/a bɔ̃/
ah bon is spelled A-H-B-O-N (5 letters). Ah bon is a French interjection meaning “really? for real? is that so?” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fréquent dans le langage parlé pour marquer l’étonnement, l’incrédulité, etc”.
What does ah bon mean in English?
interjection
- 1
informalreally? for real? is that so?
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Fréquent dans le langage parlé pour marquer l’étonnement, l’incrédulité, etc.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce ah bon?
- /a bɔ̃/
- \a bɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ah bon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.