boniment
French, noun/bɔ.ni.mɑ̃/
boniment is spelled B-O-N-I-M-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 103,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boniment is a French masculine noun meaning “patter, pitch, spiel, sales pitch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Propos que débitent les camelots, les charlatans et les saltimbanques pour attirer les clients”.
What does boniment mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepatter, pitch, spiel, sales pitch
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Propos que débitent les camelots, les charlatans et les saltimbanques pour attirer les clients. 2. Par extension, synonyme de mensonge hypocrite ou maniéré ; tartuferie, baratin, bobard, racontar.
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 boniment
- boniments plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boniment?
- /bɔ.ni.mɑ̃/
- \bɔ.ni.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to boniment
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is boniment in French?
boniment appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).