benigne

See also: bénigne

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

benigne (not comparable)

1. (medicine) benign

Inflection

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

Synonyms

• goedaardig

Antonyms

• maligne

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German

Etymology

From Latin benignus.

Pronunciation

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

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Adjective

benigne (not comparable)

1. benign

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Interlingua

Adjective

benigne (comparative plus benigne, superlative le plus benigne)

1. benign

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Italian

Adjective

benigne

1. feminine plural of benigno

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Latin

Etymology

From benignus (“benevolent”) +‎ -ē.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /beˈniɡ.neː/, [bɛˈnɪŋneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /beˈniɲ.ɲe/, [beˈniɲːe]

Adverb

benignē (comparative benignius, superlative benignissimē)

1. benignly, kindly, benevolently

Synonyms

• (benignly): benevolē

Related terms

• benignitās
• benigniter
• benignor
• benignus

References

• “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.