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I had learned of Gertrude Stein's bon mot that medicine opened all doors. This prompted me, in different moods, to view my future life as literary psychiatrist, globe-trotting tropical disease specialist, or academic internist.
Harold E. Varmus

Meaning of "bon mot" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BON MOT

French, literally: good word.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BON MOT

bon mot  [French] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BON MOT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bon mot is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BON MOT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bon mot

List of French words and phrases used by English speakers

Here are some examples of French words and phrases used by English speakers. English contains many words of French origin, such as art, competition, force, machine, money, police, publicity, role, routine, table, and many other anglicized French words. These are pronounced according to English rules of phonology, rather than French. Around 28% of English vocabulary is of French or Oïl language origin, most derived from, or transmitted by, the Anglo-Norman spoken by the upper classes in England for several hundred years after the Norman Conquest, before the language settled into what became Modern English. This article, however, covers words and phrases that generally entered the lexicon later, as through literature, the arts, diplomacy, and other cultural exchanges not involving conquests. As such, they have not lost their character as Gallicisms, or words that seem unmistakably foreign and "French" to an English speaker.

Definition of bon mot in the English dictionary

The definition of bon mot in the dictionary is a clever and fitting remark.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BON MOT


aubade
French
auberge
French
boudin
French
chanteuse
French
coquille
French
entente
French
entremets
French
Fauve
French
flacon
French
longueur
French
mondaine
French
monsieur
French
poussin
French
quinze
French
remblai
French
verlan
French

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BON MOT

bombycid
bombycoid
bombyx
bommie
Bomu
Bon
bon ton
bon vivant
bon viveur
bon voyage
Bona
bona fide
bona fides
bona vacantia
bonaci
Bonaire
bonamano
bonamia
bonamiasis
bonanza

WORDS THAT END LIKE BON MOT

bergamot
black guillemot
commot
essence of bergamot
filemot
folkmot
gemot
guillemot
halimot
hoary marmot
marmot
mot
motmot
philomot
prairie marmot
wild bergamot
witenagemot

Synonyms and antonyms of bon mot in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BON MOT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bon mot» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of bon mot
barb · funny · gag · jest · jibe · joke · quip · sally · witticism

Translation of «bon mot» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BON MOT

Find out the translation of bon mot to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bon mot from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bon mot» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

警句
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bon mot
570 millions of speakers

English

bon mot
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बॉन चुटकुला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بون يذكره
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бон словцо
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bon mot
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বন মোটা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bon mot
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bon mot
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bonmot
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ボン名言
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

봉 경구
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bon mot
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

bon mot
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Bon mot
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बोन मोट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bon mot
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bon mot
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bon mot
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Бон слівце
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bon mot
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

bon mot
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Bon mot
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

bon MOT
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

bon MOT
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bon mot

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BON MOT»

The term «bon mot» is regularly used and occupies the 64.129 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of bon mot
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «bon mot».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BON MOT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bon mot» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bon mot» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bon mot

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QUOTES WITH «BON MOT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bon mot.
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Harold E. Varmus
I had learned of Gertrude Stein's bon mot that medicine opened all doors. This prompted me, in different moods, to view my future life as literary psychiatrist, globe-trotting tropical disease specialist, or academic internist.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BON MOT»

Discover the use of bon mot in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bon mot and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Studies in the History of Religions
In P.P. the bon mot is half tolerant but the wife is still an "evil." DER endorses the wife's actions but, as will be shown below, in somewhat strange terms. 3. The bon mot is either (a) unitary, (b) duplex, usually in an antithetic form, or (c) tripartite.
Bentley Layton, 1954
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Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think
A contrarian assessment of the near future explains how rapidly growing technologies and other powerful forces will be able to meet and exceed the basic needs of all people, profiling the revolutionary work of leading innovators in such ...
Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler, 2012
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Another Whole Nother Story
But I will tell him you stopped by.” Suddenly Mortimer was brutally shoved aside and Bon Mot appeared in the space his servant had once occupied. “Pardon my valet,” he said. “He's very old and feeble, I'm afraid. Just look at him, would you?
Dr. Cuthbert Soup, 2010
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Crisis Economics: A Crash Course in the Future of Finance
This myth-shattering book reveals the methods he used to foretell the current crisis and shows how those methods can help us make sense of the present and prepare for the future.
Nouriel Roubini, Stephen Mihm, 2010
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Simon and Schuster Crossword Puzzle
''Nature's Pharmacy" Big Bertha's birthplace 22 Mutual of 23 Chef's bon mot 27 Give another version 28 The Fed's concern 29 Hatfield, for one 30 ". . . the cup of my fury": Isa. 5 1 :22 Anserine formation 'Phooey!" Vitriol, for one 38 Light browns  ...
John M. Samson, 2004
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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal
Bon-mot is literally a ' good word;' but the adjective being used in the sense of ' clever,' the expression is applied to a ' smart saying,' with a dash of satire in it. At least this is the idea the F rench have of their own word. The author of tho volume  ...
William Chambers, Robert Chambers, 1845
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France, social, literary, political
Baron Henry Lytton Bulwer Dalling and Bulwer. the saying with which M. de Talleyrand is reported to have closed one of those revolutions which his talent and his times have given him the opportunity of deciding — un bon-mot pour le peuple !
Baron Henry Lytton Bulwer Dalling and Bulwer, 1834
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The Discourse of the Syncope: Logodaedalus
The aesthetic, inadmissible substitute for demonstration will be the bon mot ( written in French in Kant's text, the word "mot" obviously points to the French esprit and to all its frivolity . . . ). The bon mot is the Witz, and if it isn't entirely the Witz, this ...
Jean-Luc Nancy, 2008
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France Social, Literary, Political
C'est bien, c'est tres-bien; et tout ce qu'il faut maintenant, *e sont les feux d'artifice et un bon mot pour le peuple." This is the saying with which M. de Talleyrand is reported to have closed one of those revolutions which his talent and his times ...
Henry Bulwer Lytton, 1834
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English Etymology
419. BON-/nr : being derived from bonus ; and fire; we (hall see that both those words are Greek; and here «fed to signify a large fire, made on rejoicing nights. BON-mot ; any Frenchman, or Frenchified Englishman, would naturally attribute this ...
George William Lemon, 1783

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BON MOT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bon mot is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Path To Scrabble VICTORY
... play a great word—a killer word, a game-tilting whodathunkit word, a quantifiable bon mot—brings a waft of neurochemical bliss every time. «WBUR, Jul 15»
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Anthony Bourdain gets nostalgic ahead of Nashville visit
Bourdain laughs again, pausing for the dessert of the conversation, the bon mot bombshell from the shredding chef. "I've become more tolerant ... «The Tennessean, Jul 15»
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Oh God, What Is Croup, Does My Kid Have It, Oh God Oh God Oh God
Probably his teacher will disapprove when he repeats that bon mot in the autumn.) This will be hard to express! Because you are shitting your ... «Deadspin, Jul 15»
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Hannibal Recap: Season 3, Episode 5, "Contorno"
Mason's reliably lewd remarks to Alana evoke a sicko screwball romance, particularly when he tells her, in a consciously meme-worthy bon mot ... «slantmagazine, Jul 15»
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You'll Never Effing Believe Why This Professor Got Fired
Allowing profanities to pass from her tenured lips, and unleashing a single ill-advised bon mot about sexual intercourse. I have long thought ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
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Zane Lowe kicks off Apple's 24-hour radio stream in endearingly …
Uttered just after 5pm UK time on the world's first global, 24/7 radio station, Zane Lowe's characteristically conversational opening bon mot ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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Jane Fonda on Fitness, Feminism, and the Magic of Spanx
... Fonda is always fascinating, honest, and ready with a bon mot. With a new Netflix series and a spot on the cover of W magazine propelling ... «Yahoo News, Jun 15»
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Daily Reads: Going Deep on Mark Wahlberg, How Pop Culture's …
The general tenor is best summarized by this bon mot from the commenter/misogyny-robot "3490314": "She asked her boyfriend what score ... «Indie Wire, Jun 15»
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MY MOTHER HAS 4 NOSES (People's Light): It all smells funny in …
Stoney would utter a snappy punch line or bon mot, and Brooke would hear the leitmotif, “That's good! Boolie, write that down!” Slides, videos ... «Phindie, Jun 15»
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Ask a question and get a bon mot from Cleverbot
Google's interest in artificial intelligence is became clear to anyone who was observing when the company aquired DeepMind, Boston ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jun 15»

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