bien

From Latin bene (“well”).

bien

1. well

• bonu

bien c

1. definite singular of bi

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

• IPA^(key): /bjɛ̃/
• Rhymes: -jɛ̃

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bien (invariable, comparative meilleur)

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

bien (comparative mieux, superlative le mieux)

1. well
2. indeed; so

   Bien, on peut partir maintenant ?

   So, can we leave now?

3. (+ de, des, 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

     He's really ugly, that guy

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

• (intensifier): vraiment

bien m (plural biens)

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

• bon

• “bien” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• béni

bien

1. Rōmaji transcription of びえん

bien (Latin spelling)

1. well

From Old French bien.

bien

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

• bienfaire

• French: bien

• bien on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (bien, supplement)

• bia

bien m or f

1. definite masculine singular of bie

• ben

From Latin bene.

• IPA^(key): /bjẽn/
• Rhymes: -ẽn

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)

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

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

• bon

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

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

• IPA^(key): /bjen/, [bjẽn]

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• Rhymes: -en

bien

1. well
2. properly
3. willingly
4. very

bien (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.

• mal

bien m (plural bienes)

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

• mal

• benefacer
• bienhechor
• buen, bueno

bien (nominative plural biens)

1. bee

• danüdapük
• küm
• kümam
• kümamüp
• kümön
• musak
• miel
• näsäk
• näsäkav
• näsäkavan
• vesep

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

• IPA^(key): /biə̯n/

bien n (plural biennen, diminutive bientsje)

1. bone
2. leg

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