ben

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See also Ben, bēn, běn, bèn, been, benn, -ben, and ben-

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English ben, bene, from Old English bēn (“prayer, request, favor, compulsory service”), from Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“supplication”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- (“to say”). Related to ban. More at boon.

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[edit] Noun

ben (plural bens)

  1. (obsolete) A prayer; a petition.

[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle English ben, bene, variation of bin, binne (“within”), from Old English binnan (“within, in, inside of, into”), equivalent to be- +‎ in.

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ben

  1. (Scotland, northern England) In, into.
    • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 32:
      And he was waving to me to creep in, so I just did and then just to skip ben the front and then in the lobby.

[edit] Adjective

ben (comparative benner, superlative benmost)

  1. Inner, interior.
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[edit] Noun

ben (plural bens)

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) Ben-room: The inner room of a two-room hut or shack (as opposed to the but).

[edit] Etymology 3

Probably representing a North African pronunciation of Arabic بان (bān, “ben tree”)

[edit] Noun

ben (plural bens)

  1. A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben.
  2. The winged seed of the ben tree.
  3. The oil of the ben seed.
[edit] Translations
ben tree
seed of the ben tree
oil of ben

[edit] Etymology 4

Arabic بن and Hebrew בן (ben, “son”).

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ben (uncountable)

  1. (usually capitalised) Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).
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son of
  • Arabic: بن (ben, bin) m., ابن (ibn, ibni) m.
  • Hebrew: בן (ben) m.

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From Gaelic beinn

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ben (plural bens)

  1. A Scottish or Irish mountain or high peak.

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ben

  1. Alternative form of bé.

[edit] Usage notes

The form ben is used when it precedes the adjective, adverb or verb form that it modifies, and bé is used in all other cases.

[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse bein (“bone, leg”).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /beːn/, [b̥eːˀn]

[edit] Noun

ben n. (singular definite benet, plural indefinite ben)

  1. leg
  2. bone

[edit] Inflection

    Inflection of ben
neuter gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative ben benet ben benene
genitive bens benets bens benenes

[edit] Dutch

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle Dutch ben, bem, bin, bim, from Old Dutch *bin, *bim (“am”), from Proto-Germanic *beunan (“to be”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to grow, become, appear”). Cognate with German bin (“am”), Old English bīom, bēom (“am”). More at be.

See also German bin.

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ben

  1. first-person singular present indicative of zijn.
  2. imperative of zijn.

[edit] French

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bien

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[edit] Interjection

ben!

  1. well; uh

[edit] Interlingua

[edit] Adverb

ben (comparative melio, superlative le melio)

  1. well

[edit] Italian

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ben

  1. Short form of bene.
    ben fatto — well done

[edit] Japanese

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ben (な-na declension, hiragana べん)

  1. 便: convenient

[edit] Noun

ben (hiragana べん)

  1. 弁, 辯: speech
  2. 便: convenience, excreta
  3. 冕: crown

[edit] Kurdish

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ben

  1. string, rope

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ben

  1. Nonstandard spelling of bēn.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of běn.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of bèn.

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  • English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

[edit] Manx

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish ben, from Proto-Celtic *benā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn

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  • IPA: /bɛᵈn/

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ben f. (plural mraane)

  1. woman

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[edit] Noun

ben n. (definite singular benet; indefinite plural ben; definite plural bena/benene)

  1. leg, bone

[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology 1

Proto-Germanic *bōniz. Cognate with Old Norse bón.

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[edit] Noun

bēn f.

  1. prayer, praying
  2. request, entreaty
[edit] Declension
    Declension of ben (strong i-stem)
Singular Plural
nominative bēn bēne, bēna
accusative bēn, bēne bēne, bēna
genitive bēne bēna
dative bēne bēnum
[edit] Descendants
  • Middle English: bene
  • English: bee

[edit] Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *banjō. Cognate with Old Norse ben.

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ben f.

  1. Alternative form of benn.

[edit] Old Irish

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From Proto-Celtic *benā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

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ben f.

  1. woman

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English binnan.

[edit] Noun

ben (plural bens)

  1. The inner room of a two-room hut or shack (as opposed to the but).

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ben (comparative benner, superlative benmaist)

  1. Inner, interior.

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ben

  1. Through, in, into (a dwelling).
    I went ben the room.

[edit] Etymology 2

From Scottish Gaelic beinn.

[edit] Noun

ben (plural bens)

  1. A mountain or hill

[edit] Serbo-Croatian

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Turkish ben.

[edit] Noun

ben m. (Cyrillic spelling бен)

  1. birthmark
  2. mole
  3. naevus

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[edit] Noun

ben n.

  1. (anatomy) Leg; a body part.
  2. Leg; part of trousers which covers the legs.
  3. The part of a piece furniture on which it stands.
  4. (anatomy) Bone; any of the components of an endoskeleton.
  5. (anatomy) Bone; the material of the endoskeleton

[edit] Declension

Declension of ben
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ben benet ben benen
genitive bens benets bens benens

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[edit] Turkish

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Turkic meŋ, from Proto-Turkic *beŋ (“mole on the face”).

[edit] Noun

ben

  1. mole, birthmark
[edit] Declension
declension of ben
singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) ben benler
definite accusative (belirtme) beni benleri
dative (yönelme) bene benlere
locative (bulunma) bende benlerde
ablative (çıkma) benden benlerden
genitive (tamlayan) benin benlerin
[edit] See also

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Turkic men, from Proto-Turkic.

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ben

  1. I
[edit] See also
Turkish personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person ben biz
2nd person familiar sen siz
polite siz
3rd person o onlar

[edit] Noun

ben

  1. ego
[edit] Declension
declension of ben
singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) ben biz
definite accusative (belirtme) beni bizi
dative (yönelme) bana bize
locative (bulunma) bende bizde
ablative (çıkma) benden bizden
genitive (tamlayan) benim bizim
  • It is one of the two words which have irregular dative and genitive case declension. (the other word is "sen" and also "biz" has irregular genitive case declension)

[edit] Venetian

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ben

  1. well

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[edit] Volapük

[edit] Etymology

Ultimately from Latin bene.

[edit] Noun

ben (plural bens)

  1. grace
  2. well-being

[edit] Declension

declension of ben
singular plural
nominative ben bens
genitive bena benas
dative bene benes
accusative beni benis
predicative benu benus
vocative o ben! o bens!

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