See also: Appendix:Variations of "be"

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin bene.

Pronunciation

Adverb

  1. well

Usage notes

The form ben is used when it precedes the adjective, adverb or verb form that it modifies, and is used in all other cases.

Derived terms

Noun

 m (plural béns)

  1. good

Further reading


Czech

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛː]

Interjection

  1. baa (the cry of a sheep)
Derived terms

Noun

 n

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter B.
Derived terms
See also

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /be/

Noun

 m (plural bés)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter B.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbeː]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation:

Adverb

  1. (poetic) in, poetic variant of be

Noun

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter B.

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.


Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pjɛː/
  • Rhymes: -ɛː

Noun

 n (genitive singular bés, nominative plural )

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter B.

Declension


Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʲeː/

Noun

 f (genitive singular , nominative plural béithe)

  1. (literary) woman, maiden
    Na naoi mbéitheThe nine muses
    choillenymph
Declension

References


Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to buy; to purchase; buy, purchase; etc.”).
(This character, , is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of .)

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʲeː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *ben, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (woman).

Noun

 f

  1. (poetic) woman
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • bé carna (harlot)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Alternative forms

Verb

·bé

  1. second- and third-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of at·tá

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization

pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
mbé
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Interjection

  1. (onomatopoeia) baa (cry of sheep)

Romagnol

Etymology

From Latin bibo, bibere.

Verb

  1. to drink

Tetum

Noun

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter B.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Adjective

(𡮣, 𡭬, 𡮤)

  1. small; little; tiny
    Synonym: nhỏ
  2. little; very young
    hồi bé
    when I/he/she/we was/were little

Derived terms

Derived terms

Noun

  1. Short for em bé (baby).

Pronoun

  1. you, little child
  2. (informal) you, young person
  3. (informal) you, young girl

See also

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