benigne

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English

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Adjective

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benigne (comparative more benigne, superlative most benigne)

  1. Obsolete spelling of benign..
    • 1566, William Adlington, The Golden Asse[1]:
      And further I imagined and sayd, Alasse what Judge is he that is so gentle or benigne, that will thinke that I am unguilty of the slaughter and murther of these three men.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. [], London: [] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
      even th’Almightie selfe she did maligne, / Because to man so mercifull he was, / And unto all his creatures so benigne, / Sith she her selfe was of his grace indigne []
    • 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras[2], London: Canto 3, page 107:
      The antient Heroes were illustrious
      For being benigne, and not blustrous,
      Against a vanquisht foe:

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Adjective

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benigne (not comparable)

  1. (medicine) benign
    Synonym: goedaardig
    Antonym: maligne

Inflection

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Declension of benigne
uninflected benigne
inflected benigne
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial benigne
indefinite m./f. sing. benigne
n. sing. benigne
plural benigne
definite benigne
partitive benignes

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin benignus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [beˈnɪɡnə]
  • Hyphenation: be‧ni‧gne
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Adjective

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benigne (strong nominative masculine singular benigner, not comparable)

  1. benign

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Interlingua

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Adjective

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benigne (comparative plus benigne, superlative le plus benigne)

  1. benign

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /beˈniɲ.ɲe/
  • Rhymes: -iɲɲe
  • Hyphenation: be‧nì‧gne

Adjective

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benigne

  1. feminine plural of benigno

Latin

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Etymology

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From benignus (benevolent) +‎ .

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Adverb

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benignē (comparative benignius, superlative benignissimē)

  1. benignly, kindly, benevolently
    Synonym: benevolē
  2. (as a response) thank you, you are very kind (in receiving); no, thank you (in declining)
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References

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  • benigne”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • benigne”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • benigne in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French benigne, from Latin benignus; compare maligne.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bɛˈniːn(ə)/, /bɛˈni(n)ɡn(ə)/

Adjective

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benigne

  1. kind, gentle, mild
  2. friendly-looking
  3. humane, fair (of laws or actions)
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Descendants

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  • English: benign
  • Scots: bening (obsolete)

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