benign

§English

§Etymology

From Old French benigne, from Latin benignus (“kind, good”), from bonus (“good”) + genus (“origin, kind”). Compare malign.

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪˈnaɪn/

§Adjective

benign (comparative benigner or more benign, superlative benignest or most benign)

1. Kind; gentle; mild.
   • (of a climate or environment) mild and favorable
   • not harmful to the environment: [in combination] an ozone-benign refrigerant.
2. (medicine) Not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent.

§Antonyms

• malign
• malignant

§Derived terms

Terms derived from benign

benignly benignant

benignity benign neglect

benign tumor

§Translations

kind, gentle, mild

• Bulgarian: до́бър (bg) (dóbǎr), благ (bg) (blag), прия́тен (bg) (prijáten), мил (bg) (mil), любе́зен (bg) (ljubézen)
• Dutch: goedaardig (nl)
• French: bénin (fr)
• Georgian: კეთილშობილი (ket’ilšobili)
• German: freundlich (de), gütig (de), liebevoll (de)
• Greek: αγαθός (el) m (agathós), καλοκάγαθος (el) m (kalokágathos)

• Polish: łagodny (pl)
• Portuguese: benigno (pt)
• Romanian: blând (ro)
• Russian: до́брый (ru) (dóbryj) (kind), любе́зный (ru) (ljubéznyj) (amiable), мя́гкий (ru) (mjágkij) (mild, e.g. of measures), прия́тный (ru) (prijátnyj) (pleasant), благоприя́тный (ru) (blagoprijátnyj) (favorable)
• Spanish: benigno (es)

(medicine) not posing any serious threat to health

• Armenian: բարորակ (barorak)
• Bulgarian: доброка́чествен (bg) (dobrokáčestven)
• Czech: nezhoubný m, benigní (cs)
• French: bénin (fr)
• Georgian: კეთილთვისებიანი (ket’ilt’visebiani)
• German: gutartig
• Greek: καλοήθης (el) m, f (kaloíthis)

• Italian: benigno (it)
• Polish: łagodny (pl)
• Portuguese: benigno (pt)
• Romanian: benign (ro) (med.)
• Russian: доброка́чественный (ru) (dobrokáčestvennyj) (of good quality)
• Spanish: benigno (es)
• Swedish: godartad, benign (sv)

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• Ido: ^{(please verify)} benigna
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} godartad
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} benign