Ben

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ben"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛn/
• (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /bɪn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (General Australian):

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• Homophones: ben; been (some accents); bin (pin–pen merger)
• Rhymes: -ɛn, -ɪn

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Ben

1. A shortening of the male given name Benjamin or, less often, of Benedict.
   • 1990, Peter James, Sweet Heart, London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, →ISBN, page 156:

     Ben wolved down a digestive biscuit, then stretched out on his stomach on the flagstones beside them.

   • 2013, Victoria J. Hyla, Running in the Mists (Hearts Drawn Wyld Trilogy; 2), Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 300:

     After a moment of comfortable silence, with Ben tenderly rubbing his thumb gently over the back of her hand, he asked, “So what do you want to do now that you’re all stuffed full of waffley goodness?”

   • 2015 July 24, Gareth Cook, “The Singular Mind of Terry Tao”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 March 2020:

     When mathematicians face a question they cannot answer, they sometimes devise a less stringent question, in the hope that solving it will provide insights. This is the path that Tao took in 2004, in collaboration with Ben Green of Oxford.

   • 2016 September 11, Emily Power, “Main bathroom reveals on The Block: hold on for the bathroom without a toot”, in Domain News:

     But Andy and Ben, they are lovers, not fighters … and they are going the battered sav.

Derived terms

• Ben Franklin effect
• Ben Hill County
• Big Ben

Noun

Ben (plural Bens)

1. (US, slang) A US$100 bill, which bears a portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Often used in the plural form to indicate large sums of money.

Synonyms

• Ben Franklin, Benjamin, Benjamin Franklin, Franklin

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Ben

1. The capital city of Ben County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran.
2. A county of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran.

Translations

city in Iran

• Persian: بن (fa) (ben)

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Ben

1. Alternative form of Beng (“Mande language of Ivory Coast”).

Anagrams

• EbN, NEB, NbE, Neb., neb

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Ben.

Proper noun

Ben

1. a male given name from English

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɛn]

• Audio (Austria):

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Ben m (proper noun, strong, genitive Bens)

1. a diminutive of the male given name Benjamin

Low German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛɪ̯n/

Noun

Ben n (plural Bener or Benen) (German Low German)

1. alternative spelling of Been: leg

Noun

Ben n

1. alternative spelling of Been: bone (as material)
2. alternative spelling of Been: bones; a skeleton or skeletons