Beninese

See also: beninese

English

Etymology

From Benin +‎ -ese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛnɪˈniːz/

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• Rhymes: -iːz

Noun

Beninese (plural Beninese)

1. A person from Benin or of Beninese descent.
   • 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.”

   Hypernyms: African, sub-Saharan

Translations

person

• Catalan: beninès m
• Czech: Beninec (cs) m
• Dutch: Beniner (nl) m, Beninse (nl) f
• Finnish: beniniläinen (fi)
• French: Béninois (fr) m, Béninoise (fr) f
• Galician: beninés (gl)
• German: Beniner (de) m, Beninerin (de) f
• Hungarian: benini (hu)
• Icelandic: Beníni m
• Italian: beninese m or f
• Marathi: बेनिनी (beninī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: beniner m

  Nynorsk: beninar (nn) m

• Polish: Benińczyk (pl) m, Beninka (pl) f
• Portuguese: beninense (pt) m or f
• Romanian: beninez (ro) m, benineză (ro) f
• Russian: бени́нец (ru) m (benínec), бени́нка f (benínka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бени́нац m, Бенинка f

  Roman: Benínac (sh) m, Beninka f

• Spanish: beninés (es) m, beninesa (es) f
• Swedish: beninier (sv) c, beninska (sv) c
• Turkish: Beninli (tr)

Adjective

Beninese (comparative more Beninese, superlative most Beninese)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Benin, the Beninese people.

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Benin

• Catalan: beninès
• Czech: beninský (cs)
• Dutch: Benins (nl)
• Finnish: beniniläinen (fi)
• French: béninois (fr)
• Galician: beninés (gl)
• German: beninisch (de)
• Hungarian: benini (hu)
• Icelandic: benínskur
• Marathi: बेनिनी (beninī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: beninsk

  Nynorsk: beninsk (nn)

• Polish: beniński (pl)
• Portuguese: beninense (pt)
• Romanian: beninez (ro)
• Russian: бени́нский (ru) (benínskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бе̏нинскӣ

  Roman: bȅninskī (sh)

• Spanish: beninés (es)
• Swedish: beninsk