bene

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English bene, from Old English bēn (“prayer, request, petition, favour, compulsory service”), from Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“supplication”). Cognate with Danish bøn (“prayer”), Swedish bön (“prayer”), Icelandic bæn (“prayer”), Icelandic bón (“request”). Related to ban. See also boon, bee. ==== Alternative forms ==== been (dialectal) ben (obsolete) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /biːn/ Rhymes: -iːn Homophones: bean, been ==== Noun ==== bene (plural benes) (now chiefly dialectal) A prayer, especially to God; a petition; a boon. ===== Related terms ===== beenship === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== bene (uncountable) Alternative form of benne (“sesame”). === Etymology 3 === UK C16. Probably from Latin bene or Italian bene. ==== Alternative forms ==== ben, bien ==== Adjective ==== bene (comparative benar, superlative benat) (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Good. [16th–19th c.] ===== Synonyms ===== See Thesaurus:good ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Noun ==== bene (plural benes) (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Tongue. [16th–18th c.] ==== References ==== [Francis Grose] (1788), “Bene”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, London: […] S. Hooper, […], →OCLC. Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890), “bene”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 107. John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890), “bene”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume I, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons] […], →OCLC, pages 178–179. Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang. Routledge, 1973. →ISBN. === Etymology 4 === Clipping of eggs benedict ==== Alternative forms ==== Bene, benny, Benny ==== Noun ==== bene (plural benes) (food) Abbreviation of eggs Benedict, an egg dish === Etymology 5 === ==== Verb ==== bene Misspelling of been. === Anagrams === Eben, NEbE, been, eben, neeb == Afrikaans == === Noun === bene plural of been == Corsican == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛne/ === Noun === bene m alternative form of bè ==== References ==== https://infcor.adecec.net/ == Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -eːnə === Verb === bene (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of benen === Anagrams === been == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian bene. === Pronunciation === === Adverb === bene synonym of bien == Gullah == === Alternative forms === 'bene === Etymology === From Wolof bene. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ben.ne/ === Noun === bene sesame === References === Lorenzo Dow Turner, Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1969) == Italian == === Alternative forms === biene (archaic) ben (apocopic) === Etymology === Inherited from Latin bene. === Pronunciation === (Standard, central Italy) IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.ne/ Rhymes: -ɛne Hyphenation: bè‧ne (northern Italy) IPA(key): /ˈbe.ne/ Rhymes: -ene Hyphenation: bé‧ne === Adjective === bene (invariable) upper-class, posh, high === Adverb === bene (comparative meglio, superlative benissimo) well, nicely, OK, right Antonym: male properly, correctly, rightly Synonym: correttamente Antonyms: erratamente, erroneamente thoroughly, carefully Synonyms: attentamente, minuziosamente as much as, as many as Synonym: valore di ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== buono === Interjection === bene good!; fine! === Noun === bene m (plural beni) good Antonym: male (usually in the plural) goods, property, possessions, belongings, assets Synonyms: proprietà, possedimenti sake, good Antonym: male happiness Synonym: felicità Antonym: tristezza sweetheart, darling, love, bless someone's cotton socks Synonyms: amore, tesoro, amato Sei il mio bene! ― You are my sweetheart! asset ==== Derived terms ==== bene immobile bene mobile bene privato bene pubblico bene di stato === References === === Further reading === bene on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it == Latin == === Etymology === From Old Latin *duenēd, from duenos (“good”), which gave bonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbɛ.nɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbɛː.ne] === Adverb === bene (comparative melius, superlative optimē) well Antonym: male properly, exactly agreeably, favorably ==== Derived terms ==== benedīcō benest ("it's okay") benefaciō ==== Related terms ==== bonus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “bene”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “bene”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "bene", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “bene”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co. “bene”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎[3] “bene”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly == Middle Dutch == === Noun === bêne inflection of bêen: dative singular nominative/accusative/genitive plural == Middle English == === Alternative forms === beane, beene, beyn, ben, bean === Etymology === From Old English bēan, from Proto-West Germanic *baunu, from Proto-Germanic *baunō. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English inflected forms. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛːn(ə)/ === Noun === bene (plural benes) bean ==== Descendants ==== English: bean Scots: bein, bene Yola: beanès, beanes, baanès, baanes, banès (plural) ==== References ==== “bēn(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old English == === Noun === bēne inflection of bēn: accusative/genitive/dative singular nominative/accusative plural == Sardinian == === Etymology === From Latin bene (“well”). Compare Italian bene. === Adjective === bene well === Adverb === bene well == West Makian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbe.n̪e/ === Noun === bene louse === References === Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[4], Pacific linguistics