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benes

benes is the plural of bene.

Meaning of bene

Noun (1)

bene (plural benes)

  1. (dialectal) A prayer, especially to God; a petition; a boon.
    • What is good for a bootless bene?1815, William Wordsworth, The Force of Prayer

Noun (2)

bene (plural benes)

  1. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) Tongue.
    • Stowe your bene!

See all 4 meanings of bene

Proper noun capitalized: Benes

Benes

  1. (plural) plural of Bene

Questions about benes

What is benes the plural of?
Benes is the plural of bene.
What part of speech is benes?
Benes is a proper noun.

Words near benes in the dictionary

  1. benempt
  2. Benenati
  3. Benenatis
  4. Benennungsmotiv
  5. Benerembah
  6. benes
  7. Benesat
  8. Benesch
  9. Benesches
  10. Benesh
  11. Beneshes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: benes (page history and authors); Benes (page history and authors); bene (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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