bonne
French, noun/bɔn/
bonne is spelled B-O-N-N-E (5 letters) and appears 468 times per million words in written French, the 169th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bonne is a French feminine noun meaning “maid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of bon. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Servante dans une maison bourgeoise, dans un hôtel, etc., fille chargée de soigner un enfant”.
What does bonne mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemaid
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of bon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Servante dans une maison bourgeoise, dans un hôtel, etc., fille chargée de soigner un enfant. 2. Nom de différents paiements. 3. Dans le système scolaire, point de notation d'une évaluation scolaire, variant en Suisse de 1 à 6. De façon similaire, la demi-bonne correspond à un demi-point sur cette même note.
noun: 1. Baronne.
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 bonne
- bonnes plural
- Bᵒⁿⁿᵉ canonical
- Bᵒⁿ masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bonne?
- /bɔn/
- \bɔn\
- [bõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bonne
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bonne in French?
bonne appears 468 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).