bonhomie
French, noun\bɔ.nɔ.mi\
bonhomie is spelled B-O-N-H-O-M-I-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 73,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bonhomie is a French feminine noun meaning “affability, bonhomie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Manière d’être et d’agir qui laisse voir la bonté du cœur unie à la simplicité extérieure, même dans les…”.
What does bonhomie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaffability, bonhomie
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Manière d’être et d’agir qui laisse voir la bonté du cœur unie à la simplicité extérieure, même dans les moindres choses. 2. Simplicité excessive, extrême crédulité.
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 bonhomie
- bonhomies plural
- bonhommie
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bonhomie?
- \bɔ.nɔ.mi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bonhomie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bonhomie in French?
bonhomie appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).