bon vieux temps
\bɔ̃ vjø tɑ̃\
The verdict
“bon vieux temps” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Temps passé dont on conserve une agréable nostalgie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bon-vieux-temps · bon vieux temps · French
bon vieux temps · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bon vieux temps |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔ̃ vjø tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bon vieux temps » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bon vieux temps is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔ̃ vjø tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Temps passé dont on conserve une agréable nostalgie.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for bon vieux temps in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bon vieux temps, spelled B-O-N- -V-I-E-U-X- -T-E-M-P-S.
Definition
- 1Temps passé dont on conserve une agréable nostalgie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bon vieux temps appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le vieux temps ! le vieux temps ! le gai ! le bon vieux Temps ! Alors que j’étais jeune et libre, Quand de Pasque entendais les carillons charmants, Qui de mon cœur ému venaient toucher la fibre.
C’est avec lui surtout qu’il aimait à causer ; mais quand ils en arrivaient à ce sujet du bon vieux temps, cela finissait presque toujours par de vives discussions ; aucun d’eux ne cédait ; […] .
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