bene
/biːn/
bene noun: a prayer, especially to God; a petition; a boon. Also the alternative form of benne.
Noun (1)
bene (plural benes)
Adjective
Noun (2)
bene (plural benes)
- Tongue.
- Stowe your bene!
Proper noun capitalized: Bene
Bene (plural Benes)
- A surname.
Noun (3) capitalized: Bene
Bene (plural Benes)
- Abbreviation of eggs benedict, an egg dish
Also used as
bene is also the alternative form of benne.
bene is also the abbreviation of eggs Benedict.
bene is also the misspelling of been.
Synonyms of bene
Forms of bene
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | benes |
| alternative form | been |
| alternative form | ben |
| alternative form | Bene |
| alternative form | benny |
| alternative form | Benny |
| plural | Benes |
| alternative form | bene |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | benar |
| superlative | benat |
| alternative form | bien |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Benes |
Origin of bene
From Middle English bene, from Old English bēn (“prayer, request, petition, favour, compulsory service”), from Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“supplication”). Cognate with Danish bøn (“prayer”), Swedish bön (“prayer”), Icelandic bæn (“prayer”), Icelandic bón (“request”). Related to ban. See also boon, bee.
UK C16. Probably from Latin bene or Italian bene.
Clipping of eggs benedict
Words formed from bene
- bene bowse
- bene cove
- bene darkmans
- bene feaker
- bene feaker of gybes
- bene lightmans
- bene mort
- beneship
- beneshiply
- cut bene
Phrases with bene
- bene mot
- bene cofe
- bene cull
- bene mots
- bene mott
- nota bene
- Bene Beraq
- bene cofes
- bene coves
- bene culls
- bene morts
- bene motts
6 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with bene
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- glean
- between
- byzantine
- canteen
- greene
- preen
- Racine
- careen
- intervene
- lean
- wean
- Christine
- obscene
- routine
- skene
- spleen
- submarine
- cuisine
- gasoline
- irene
- red bean
- serene
- -ene
- baleen
- demean
- eleventeen
- fascine
- gombeen
- latrine
- pristine
- Qazvin
- sheen
- tangerine
- unclean
- unseen
- vaccine
- amine
- aquamarine
- Beane
- beseen
- bottine
- chopine
- Enigma machine
- Eugene
- gene
- in between
- internecine
- jean
Questions about bene
- What does bene mean?
- Bene means a prayer, especially to God; a petition; a boon.
- What part of speech is bene?
- Bene can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce bene?
- Bene is pronounced /biːn/.
- What is the plural of bene?
- The plural of bene is benes.
Words near bene in the dictionary
Source and license
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