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You can make 14 words from boon according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of boon

boon obon boon obon oobn oobn bono obno bnoo nboo onbo nobo bono obno bnoo nboo onbo nobo oonb oonb onob noob onob noob

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Definitions and meaning of boon

boon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːn/
• Rhymes: -uːn

Etymology 1

From Middle English boon (“prayer”), from Old Norse bón (“prayer, petition”), from Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“supplication”), influenced by boon (“good, favorable”, adj). Doublet of ben; see there for more.

Noun

boon (plural boons)

1. A good thing; a blessing or benefit; a thing to be thankful for.
2. (archaic) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.
3. (obsolete) A prayer; petition.
4. (British, dialectal) An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
5. (Hindu mythology) A blessing, typically a supernatural power, granted to an ascetic by a god or goddess.

Synonyms

• (a thing received) See Thesaurus:gift
• (a good thing) blessing; benefit

Antonyms

• bane

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English boon, bone, borrowed from Old Northern French boon, from Old French bon (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duonus, dvenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dū- (“to respect”).

Adjective

boon (comparative booner, superlative boonest)

1. (now only in boon companion) Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
   • 1985, Herbert Kretzmer (English lyrics), Les Misérables (musical), "Master of the House," second and third refrains, fifth line:

     (2) "Everybody's boon companion, / Everybody's chaperon"; (3) "Everybody's boon companion: / Give[s] 'em everything he's got"

2. (archaic) Kind; bountiful; benign.
3. (obsolete) Good; prosperous.

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Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English bone (“reed, stem, husk”), akin to or alteration of Old English bune (“reed; drinking cup”).

Noun

boon (uncountable)

1. The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.

Synonyms

• shive, shove

Etymology 4

Noun

boon (plural boons)

1. (slang) Clipping of sheboon.

References

Anagrams

• Bono, NOBO, Obon, noob

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch boon, from Middle Dutch bône, from Old Dutch *bōna, from Proto-Germanic *baunō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʊə̯n/

Noun

boon (plural bone, diminutive boontjie)

1. bean

Descendants

• → Xhosa: imbotyi (from the diminutive)

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bône, from Old Dutch *bōna, from Proto-Germanic *baunō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːn/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): [boːn]
• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): [boʊ̯n]
• (Netherlands)
• Hyphenation: boon
• Rhymes: -oːn

Noun

boon f or m (plural bonen, diminutive boontje n)

1. bean

Hypernyms

• peulvrucht

Derived terms

• blauwe boon
• bonenkruid
• bruine boon
• cacaoboon
• kidneyboon
• koffieboon
• rumboon
• snijboon
• sojaboon
• sperzieboon
• tuinboon
• witte boon

Descendants

• Afrikaans: boon
  • → Xhosa: imbotyi (from the diminutive)
• Berbice Creole Dutch: bono
• Negerhollands: bontśi, boontje, boonschi (from the diminutive)
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: bontsi (archaic)
• → Caribbean Javanese: bontyis (from the diminutive plural)
• → Indonesian: buncis (from the diminutive plural)
  • → Petjo: bontjies, boontjies
• → Javanese: buncis (from the diminutive plural)
• → Papiamentu: bonchi, boontsje (from the diminutive)
• → Sranan Tongo: bonki (from the diminutive)
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: bongki

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Norse bón, from Proto-Germanic *bōniz.

Alternative forms

• bone

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːn/
• Rhymes: -oːn

Noun

boon (plural boons or boonen)

1. prayer, supplication, request
2. boon, bonus

Descendants

• English: boon
• Scots: boon

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Northern French boon, from Old French bon (“good”).

Alternative forms

• bone

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːn/
• Rhymes: -oːn

Adjective

boon

1. good

Descendants

• English: boon

Etymology 3

Noun

boon (plural boons)

1. Alternative form of bon

Old French

Adjective

boon m (oblique and nominative feminine singular boone, comparative meillor, superlative meillor)

1. Alternative form of bon