Benelux

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-?

Proto-Celtic *belgosbor.

Latin Belgaeder.

Dutch Belg

Dutch -ië

Dutch België

Old Dutch nither

Middle Dutch nēder

Dutch neder

Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Germanic *landą

Frankish *land

Old Dutch lant

Middle Dutch lant

Dutch land

Dutch Nederland

Dutch Luxemburg

blend

Dutch Beneluxbor.

English Benelux

Borrowed from Dutch Benelux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛnəlʌks/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Benelux

2. An economic and customs union made up of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
4. A region of Europe, consisting of the countries which constitute this union.

   Synonym: Low Countries

Translations

an economic and customs union made up of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg

• Afrikaans: Benelux
• Arabic: بنلوكس
• Armenian: Բենիլյուքս (hy) (Benilyukʻs)
• Asturian: Benelux
• Azerbaijani: Benilüks
• Bashkir: Бенилюкс (Beniljuks)
• Basque: Benelux
• Belarusian: Бэнілюкс (Beniljuks)
• Bengali: বেনেলাক্স (benelakśo), বেনেলাক্স ইউনিয়ন (benelakśo iuniẏon)
• Breton: Benelux
• Bulgarian: Бенелюкс (bg) (Beneljuks)
• Catalan: Benelux (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 比荷盧經濟聯盟 / 比荷卢经济联盟 (Bǐ-Hé-Lú jīngjì liánméng)

• Chuvash: Бенилюкс (Beniljuks)
• Danish: Benelux
• Dutch: Benelux (nl) m
• Esperanto: Benelukso
• Estonian: Benelux (et)
• Faroese: Benelukslondini, Beneluks
• Fiji Hindi: Benelux
• Finnish: Benelux (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: Benelux
• French: Bénélux (fr) m, Benelux (fr) m
• Frisian:

  North Frisian: Benelux

  West Frisian: Benelúks

• Galician: Benelux
• Georgian: ბენილუქსი (beniluksi)
• German: Benelux (de) n
• Greek: Μπενελούξ (el) f (Beneloúx)
• Hebrew: בנלוקס
• Hungarian: Benelux (hu), Benelux államok
• Icelandic: Benelúxlöndin, Benelúx
• Ido: Benelux
• Indonesian: Benelux, Beneluks
• Interlingua: Benelux
• Irish: Benelux m
• Italian: Benelux
• Japanese: ベネルクス (ja) (Benerukusu)
• Javanese: Benelux, Bénéluks
• Kalmyk: Бенилюкс (Benilyuks)
• Kazakh: Бенилюкс (Benilüks)
• Korean: 베네룩스 (ko) (Benerukseu)
• Latin: Benelux
• Latvian: Benilukss
• Limburgish: Benelux
• Lithuanian: Beniliuksas
• Luxembourgish: Benelux (lb)
• Macedonian: Бенелукс (Beneluks)
• Malay: Benelux
• Marathi: बेनेलक्स (benelaksa)
• Mongolian: Бенилюкс (mn) (Beniljüks)
• Norwegian: Benelux
• Occitan: Benelux
• Persian: بنلوکس
• Polish: Beneluks (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Benelux
• Punjabi:

  Western Punjabi: بینیلکس (benīlks)

• Romanian: Benelux (ro)
• Russian: Бенилю́кс (ru) m (Beniljúks)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бенелукс

  Latin: Beneluks

• Silesian: Beneluks
• Spanish: Benelux
• Swedish: Benelux (sv)
• Tatar: Бенилюкс (Benilyuqs)
• Thai: เบเนลักซ์
• Turkish: Benelüks (tr)
• Ukrainian: Бенілю́кс (Beniljúks)
• Urdu: بینیلکس
• Uzbek: Benilyuks
• Venetan: Benelux
• Vietnamese: Benelux
• Walloon: Benelusse
• Welsh: Benelux

Dutch

Etymology

Analysable as a blend of België +‎ Nederland +‎ Luxemburg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbeː.nəˈlyks/, /ˈbeː.nəˌlyks/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -yks
• Hyphenation: Be‧ne‧lux

Proper noun

Benelux m

1. Benelux (an economic and customs union made up of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg)
2. Benelux (a region of Europe, consisting of the countries which constitute this union)

   Synonym: Lage Landen

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.ne.lyks/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

  (file)

Proper noun

Benelux m

1. alternative form of Bénélux

German

Etymology

From French, Dutch and/or English Benelux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbeː.nəˈlʊks/, /ˈbeː.nəˌlʊks/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʊks

Proper noun

Benelux n (proper noun, strong, genitive (always with an article) Benelux)

1. Benelux (an economic and customs union made up of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg)

   Synonym: Benelux-Union

2. Benelux (a region of Europe, consisting of the countries which constitute this union)

   Synonyms: Benelux-Region, Benelux-Länder

Further reading

• “Benelux” in Duden online

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-?

Proto-Celtic *belgosbor.

Latin Belgaeder.

Dutch Belg

Dutch -ië

Dutch België

Old Dutch nither

Middle Dutch nēder

Dutch neder

Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Germanic *landą

Frankish *land

Old Dutch lant

Middle Dutch lant

Dutch land

Dutch Nederland

Dutch Luxemburg

blend

Dutch Beneluxubor.

Polish Benelux

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Benelux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛˈnɛ.luks/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛluks
• Syllabification: Be‧ne‧lux

Proper noun

Benelux m inan

1. alternative spelling of Beneluks

Declension

Declension of Benelux

	singular
nominative	Benelux
genitive	Beneluksu
dative	Beneluksowi
accusative	Benelux
instrumental	Beneluksem
locative	Beneluksie
vocative	Beneluksie

Further reading

• “Benelux”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)