Beninese
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See also: beninese
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Beninese (plural Beninese)
- A person from Benin or of Beninese descent.
- Hypernyms: African, sub-Saharan
- 2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), pages 147–148:
- “They wanted to know what part of Africa my parents hailed from,” Caesar said. “How was I to know? He said I had the nose of a Beninese.”
Usage notes[edit]
- As with other terms for people formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Beninese", "writing about Beninese cuisine as a Beninese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Beninese") or with a word like person, man, or woman ("writing about Beninese cuisine as a Beninese person").
Translations[edit]
person
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Adjective[edit]
Beninese (comparative more Beninese, superlative most Beninese)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Benin, the Beninese people.
Translations[edit]
of, from, or pertaining to Benin
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Afrikaans[edit]
Adjective[edit]
Beninese
- attributive form of Beninees
Noun[edit]
Beninese
Categories:
- English terms suffixed with -ese
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/iːz
- Rhymes:English/iːz/3 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English indeclinable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English terms with quotations
- English adjectives
- en:Benin
- en:Nationalities
- Afrikaans non-lemma forms
- Afrikaans adjective forms
- Afrikaans noun forms