bondon
French, noun/bɔ̃.dɔ̃/
bondon is spelled B-O-N-D-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written French, the 196,291st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bondon is a French masculine noun meaning “bung” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Morceau de bois court et cylindrique avec lequel on bouche la bonde d’un tonneau”.
What does bondon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebung
- 2
masculinetype of French cheese resembling a bung
- 3
masculinebung-hole
- 4
masculinebar of soap
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Morceau de bois court et cylindrique avec lequel on bouche la bonde d’un tonneau. 2. Bonde elle-même, ouverture où l’on place ce morceau de bois. 3. Petit fromage en forme de gros bouchon cylindrique.
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.
Forms of bondon
- bondons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bondon?
- /bɔ̃.dɔ̃/
- \bɔ̃.dɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bondon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bondon in French?
bondon appears about once in every 38 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).