Definition of Bonsoir

1. good evening [interj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bonsoir

bonnocks
bonny
bonnyclabber
bonnyclabbers
bonobo
bonobos
bononian
bons vivants
bonsai
bonsais
bonsella
bonsellas
bonser
bonshtedtite
bonsmots
bonsoir (current term)
bonspell
bonspells
bonspiel
bonspiels
bontebok
bonteboks
bonus
bonus-less
bonus-point
bonused
bonuses
bonusing
bonusless
bonxie

Literary usage of Bonsoir

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn by Elizabeth Bisland, Lafcadio Hearn (1906)
"... Un peu de reve, Et puis — bonsoir! Life is vain : a little love, a little hate, and then — good-bye! Life is brief: a little hope, a little dreaming, ..."

2. An Artillery Officer in the Mexican War, 1846-7: Letters of Robert Anderson by Robert Anderson, Eba Anderson Lawton (1911)
"Enough for to-day, bonsoir. May 2Oth. I spent about an hour in the Cathedral, hoping when I left home that I might, on my return, be able to give you some ..."

3. The royal phraseological English-French, French-English dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1853)
"Je vous donne le bonsoir, I wish yon good evening. bonsoir, Monsieur, good evening, Sir. (Рам.) Dire bonsoir à la compagnie, to die. ..."

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