bien

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See also: biên, biển, biến, biện, Bien, Bien., and Bień

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin bene (“well”).

Adverb

bien

  1. well

Danish

Noun

bien c

  1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of bi

French

Etymology

From Middle French bien, from Old French bien, from Latin bene (“well”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bjɛ̃/
  • Rhymes: -jɛ̃
  • audio:(file)

Adjective

bien (invariable, comparative meilleur)

  1. good, all right, great
  2. good looking, nice

Adverb

bien (comparative mieux, superlative le mieux)

  1. well
    Ça va bien ? ― How's it going? (literally, “It goes well?”)
    Il joue vraiment bien au football.
    He plays soccer really well.
  2. indeed; so
    Bien, on peut partir maintenant ?
    So, can we leave now?
  3. (followed by de, des, or du) a lot (of)
    Macy Gray a traversé bien des épreuves.
    Macy Gray got through a lot of ordeals.
  4. (colloquial) really (used as an intensifier)
    • Il est bien moche, ce type
      That guy is really ugly.

Usage notes

This intensifier is used only with certain adjectives of negative connotation, such as moche, dégueu, chiant.

Synonyms

Noun

bien m (plural biens)

  1. good as opposed to evil
  2. a commodity, a good
  3. a possession

Derived terms

Derived terms

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Further reading

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

bien

  1. Rōmaji transcription of びえん

Ladino

Alternative forms

byén

Etymology

From Old Spanish from Latin bene (“well”), from Latin bonus (“good”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

bien m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ביין, plural bienes)

  1. good
  2. conforming to duty

Adverb

bien (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ביין)

  1. good, well

Derived terms

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French bien.

Adverb

bien

  1. well (in a positive way; in a way that meets or exceeds expectations)

Descendants

  • French: bien

References

  • bien on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bien, supplement)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

bien m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of bie

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin bene.

Pronunciation

Adverb

bien (comparative and superlative mielz or miex)

  1. well
    • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
      "Oïl, mout m'an sovient il bien.
      Seneschaus, savez vos an rien?
      Yes, I remember it well
      Seneschal, do you know anything about it?
  2. indeed (used for emphasis)

Noun

bien oblique singular, m (oblique plural biens, nominative singular biens, nominative plural bien)

  1. possession; object of value
  2. good (as opposed to evil)

Descendants

  • Middle French: bien
    • French: bien (adverb and noun)
  • Walloon: bén

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Latin bene (“well”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbjen/ [ˈbjẽn]
  • Audio (Latin America):(file)
  • Rhymes: -en

Adverb

bien

  1. well (adverbial form of bueno)
  2. well, fine, okay (state of being satisfied with the status quo)
  3. properly
  4. willingly
  5. very

Derived terms

Adjective

bien m or f (masculine and feminine plural bienes)

  1. (postpositive, colloquial) well-to-do; affluent; wealthy; upper-class
    Amanda y Carlos vienen de una familia bien.
    Amanda and Carlos come from a well-to-do family.
  2. (postpositive, colloquial) exclusive; upscale; high-class
    Las colonias bienes están en las afueras de la ciudad.
    The upscale neighborhoods are in the city suburbs.

Antonyms

Noun

bien m (plural bienes)

  1. good (as opposed to evil)
  2. goodness
  3. welfare, benefit
  4. (plural) goods, property, possessions, assets, wealth, estate

Antonyms

Derived terms

Volapük

Noun

bien (nominative plural biens)

  1. bee

Declension

declension of bien
singular plural
nominative bien biens
genitive biena bienas
dative biene bienes
accusative bieni bienis
vocative 1 o bien! o biens!
predicative 2 bienu bienus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

Terms derived from bien "bee"

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See also

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian bēn, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

Pronunciation

Noun

bien n (plural biennen, diminutive bientsje)

  1. bone
  2. leg

Further reading

  • “bien”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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