bonus
English
/ˈbəʊ.nəs/, /ˈboʊ.nəs/
noun
Definitions
- Something extra that is good; an added benefit.
- An extra sum given as a premium, e.g. to an employee or to a shareholder.
- (video games) An addition to the player's score based on performance, e.g. for time remaining.
- (basketball) One or more free throws awarded to a team when the opposing team has accumulated enough fouls.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin bonus (good, honest, kind).
Origin
Latin
bonus
Gloss
good, honest, kind
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
良, 善
Emoji
🦸 🦸♀️ 🦸♂️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bonusgate English
- antibonus English
- bonus-less English
- non-bonus English
- nonbonus English
- bonus Finnish
- bene Latin
- benedico Latin
- benedictus Latin
- benefacio Latin
- benefactōrem, benefactor Latin
- beneficus Latin
- beneplaceo Latin
- beneventus Latin
- bonitas Latin
- bonus Latin
- duonus Latin
- malus Latin
- perbene Latin
- perbonus Latin
- qui bene amat, bene castigat Latin
- Bonoso Italian
- bene Italian
- bonus Italian
- buono Italian
- bonus Dutch, Flemish
- bonus-malus Dutch, Flemish
- bon French
- bonbon French
- bonus French
- бонус Russian
- abonar Spanish, Castilian
- bien Spanish, Castilian
- bonina Spanish, Castilian
- bonito Spanish, Castilian
- bonus Spanish, Castilian
- buen Spanish, Castilian
- buenas Spanish, Castilian
- bueno Spanish, Castilian
- bonus Norwegian Bokmål
- abonar Portuguese
- bónus Portuguese
- ボーナス Japanese
- bonus Norwegian Nynorsk
- bonus Danish
- bien Old French
- bon Old French
- bona Esperanto
- bé Catalan, Valencian
- bónus Icelandic
- bine Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- bun Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- bona Ido
- бонус Bulgarian
- abonsina Albanian
- בונוס Hebrew (modern)
- ben Old Portuguese
- bõo Old Portuguese
- bun Aromanian
- ghine Aromanian
- ghini Aromanian
- abonaçar Occitan
- abonir Occitan
- 보너스 Korean
- *dwenos Proto-Italic
- bagn Romansh
- bain Romansh
- bein Romansh
- bien Asturian
- bonu Asturian
- ben Friulian
- bon Friulian
- ben Old Occitan
- bon Old Occitan
- beni Sicilian
- bonu Sicilian
- ben Venetian
- bon Venetian
- ben Volapük
- bun Ligurian
- bin Dalmatian
- bun Dalmatian
- buna Dalmatian
- bien Ladino
- bueno Ladino
- byén Ladino
- בואינו Ladino
- ביין Ladino
- bonussi Kalaallisut, Greenlandic
- bein Bourguignon
- bon Bourguignon
- ben Ladin
- bon Ladin
- beni Sardinian
- ben Istriot
- bè Corsican
- *duened Old Latin
- *duenēd Old Latin
- duenos Old Latin
- duonus Old Latin
- buono Mirandese
- bon Franco-Provençal
- bur Istro-Romanian