bonjour
French, noun/bɔ̃.ʒuʁ/
bonjour is spelled B-O-N-J-O-U-R (7 letters) and appears 132 times per million words in written French, the 628th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bonjour is a French masculine noun meaning “greetings; hello (general salutation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Salutation”.
What does bonjour mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegreetings; hello (general salutation)
Tu passeras le bonjour à ta mère !
interjection
- 1
good day; good afternoon
Bonjour, mon ami !
- 2
goodbye
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Formule de salutation utilisée lorsqu’on rencontre quelqu’un. 2. Formulation de salutation utilisée lorsqu’on quitte quelqu’un dans la journée comme on dirait bonne journée, ou la nuit bonsoir, bonne soirée. 3. Interjection marquant une réticence, un refus, un jugement de médiocrité. 4. Formule de politesse utilisée lorsqu’on quitte quelqu’un au téléphone :
noun: 1. Salutation.
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 bonjour
- bonjours plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bonjour?
- /bɔ̃.ʒuʁ/
- France [bõ.ʒuə̯ʁ]
- Quebec [bɒ̃ʊ̯̃.ʒʊu̯ʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bonjour
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bonjour in French?
bonjour appears 132 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).