Bonnet Definition

bŏnĭt
bonnets
noun
bonnets
In Scotland, a flat, brimless cap, worn by men and boys.
Webster's New World
A hat with a chin ribbon, worn by children and women.
Webster's New World
Any hat worn by women or girls.
Webster's New World
A removable metal plate over a machine part, such as a valve.
American Heritage
An automobile hood.
Webster's New World
verb
To put a bonnet on.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Edmond Bonnet (1848-1922).

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Other Word Forms of Bonnet

Noun

Singular:
bonnet
Plural:
bonnets

Origin of Bonnet

  • From Middle English bonet, from Middle French bonet (Modern French bonnet), from Old French bonet (“material from which hats are made”), from Frankish *bunni (“that which is bound”), from Proto-Germanic *bundiją (“bundle”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”). Compare also Late Latin abbonis, obbonis (“ribbon of a headdress”), also of Germanic origin, from Frankish *obbunni, from *ob- (“above, over”) + *bunni. Cognate with Old High German gibunt (“band, ribbon”), Middle Dutch bont (“bundle, truss”), Gothic (gabundi, “bond”). More at over, bundle.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English bonet cap from Old French material for a headdress perhaps from Medieval Latin obbonis probably of Germanic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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