bé
See also: Appendix:Variations of "be"
Catalan
Usage notes
The form ben is used when it precedes the adjective, adverb or verb form that it modifies, and bé is used in all other cases.
Further reading
- “bé” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “bé” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “bé” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “bé” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbeː]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bé
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pjɛː/
- Rhymes: -ɛː
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʲeː/
Noun
bé f (genitive singular bé, nominative plural béithe)
Declension
Declension of bé
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Related terms
Min Nan
For pronunciation and definitions of bé – see 買 (“to buy; to purchase; buy, purchase; etc.”). (This character, bé, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 買.) |
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʲeː/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *ben, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).
Derived terms
- bé carna (“harlot”)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Alternative forms
- ·bǽ
- ·bée
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
bé | bé pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbé |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Portuguese
Tetum
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛ˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛ˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛ˦˥]
Adjective
bé (𡮣, 𡭬, 𡮤)
See also
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