Meanings
interjection
alternative bonjour hi · alternative bonjour-hi
- MontrealGood day.
Such is the alarm about the fragility of French in Quebec that a few years ago the provincial government passed a nonbinding resolution calling for shop attendants to replace “bonjour hi” — a common greeting in bilingual, tourist-friendly Montreal — with just “bonjour.”
2021 October 9, Dan Bilefsky, “French Language Laws Renew Rift With Quebec's English Speakers”, in The New York Times, retrieved 09 Oct 2021
Origin
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APA
bonjour/hi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bonjour%2Fhi
MLA
“bonjour/hi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bonjour%2Fhi. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bonjour/hi,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bonjour%2Fhi.
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