Benin
English
editEtymology
editFrom Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: Be‧nin
- (UK) IPA(key): /bɛˈnɪn/, /bɛˈniːn/
- (US) IPA(key): /bəˈnin/, /bəˈnɪn/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪn, -iːn
Proper noun
editBenin
- A country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey.
- People's Republic of Benin, from 1975 to 1990
- Republic of Benin, since 1990
- A historical kingdom in West Africa, in present-day Nigeria.
Hypernyms
editDerived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Japanese: ベニン (Benin)
Translations
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See also
edit- Countries of the world
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]
References
editFurther reading
editAnagrams
editAfrikaans
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editBenin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey; official name: Republiek van Benin; capital: Porto Novo)
Derived terms
editBreton
editProper noun
editBenin ?
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Central Nahuatl
editProper noun
editBenin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Crimean Tatar
editProper noun
editBenin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Czech
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBenin m inan (related adjective beninský, demonym Beninec or Beniňan, female demonym Beninka or Beniňanka)
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- “Benin”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Danish
editProper noun
editBenin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Dutch
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBenin n
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Derived terms
editEstonian
editProper noun
editBenin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Faroese
editEtymology
editFrom Portuguese Benim, transcription of local corruption of Itsekiri ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editBenin n
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Declension
editSingular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Benin |
Accusative | Benin |
Dative | Benini |
Genitive | Benins |
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Portuguese Benim.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editBenin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Declension
editInflection of Benin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Benin | — | |
genitive | Beninin | — | |
partitive | Beniniä | — | |
illative | Beniniin | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Benin | — | |
accusative | nom. | Benin | — |
gen. | Beninin | ||
genitive | Beninin | — | |
partitive | Beniniä | — | |
inessive | Beninissä | — | |
elative | Beninistä | — | |
illative | Beniniin | — | |
adessive | Beninillä | — | |
ablative | Beniniltä | — | |
allative | Beninille | — | |
essive | Benininä | — | |
translative | Beniniksi | — | |
abessive | Beninittä | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
editGerman
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBenin n (proper noun, genitive Benins or (optionally with an article) Benin)
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Derived terms
editSee also
edit- (countries of Africa) Staaten Afrikas; Ägypten, Algerien, Angola, Äquatorialguinea, Äthiopien, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Dschibuti, Elfenbeinküste, Eritrea, Eswatini, Gabun, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kamerun, Kap Verde, Kenia, Komoren, Demokratische Republik Kongo, Republik Kongo, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyen, Madagaskar, Malawi, Mali, Marokko, Mauretanien, Mauritius, Mosambik, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Ruanda, Sambia, São Tomé und Príncipe, Senegal, Seychellen, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Südafrika, Sudan, Südsudan, Tansania, Togo, Tschad, Tunesien, Uganda, Zentralafrikanische Republik (Category: de:Countries in Africa)
Further reading
edit- “Benin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Hungarian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBenin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
- Synonym: (official name) Benini Köztársaság
Declension
editInflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Benin | — |
accusative | Benint | — |
dative | Beninnek | — |
instrumental | Beninnel | — |
causal-final | Beninért | — |
translative | Beninné | — |
terminative | Beninig | — |
essive-formal | Beninként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Beninben | — |
superessive | Beninen | — |
adessive | Beninnél | — |
illative | Beninbe | — |
sublative | Beninre | — |
allative | Beninhez | — |
elative | Beninből | — |
delative | Beninről | — |
ablative | Benintől | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Beniné | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Beninéi | — |
Possessive forms of Benin | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Beninem | — |
2nd person sing. | Benined | — |
3rd person sing. | Beninje | — |
1st person plural | Beninünk | — |
2nd person plural | Beninetek | — |
3rd person plural | Beninjük | — |
Derived terms
editInterlingua
editProper noun
editBenin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Italian
editProper noun
editBenin m
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Derived terms
editJapanese
editRomanization
editBenin
Norwegian Bokmål
editProper noun
editBenin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Related terms
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editProper noun
editBenin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Related terms
editPolish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBenin m inan (related adjective beniński)
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Declension
editDerived terms
editSee also
edit- (countries of Africa) państwa Afryki; Algieria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Czad, Demokratyczna Republika Konga, Dżibuti, Egipt, Erytrea, Eswatini, Etiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gwinea, Gwinea Bissau, Gwinea Równikowa, Kamerun, Kenia, Komory, Kongo, Lesotho, Liberia, Libia, Madagaskar, Malawi, Mali, Maroko, Mauretania, Mauritius, Mozambik, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Południowa Afryka, Republika Środkowoafrykańska, Republika Zielonego Przylądka, Rwanda, Sahara Zachodnia, Senegal, Seszele, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Sudan Południowy, Tanzania, Togo, Tunezja, Uganda, Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej, Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: pl:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Further reading
edit- Benin in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editBenin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Serbo-Croatian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBȅnin m (Cyrillic spelling Бе̏нин)
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Declension
editSlovak
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBenin m inan (genitive singular Beninu, declension pattern of dub)
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
References
edit- “Benin”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swahili
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBenin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
See also
edit- (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).[1]
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editBenin n (genitive Benins)
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Related terms
editReferences
editReferences
editTagalog
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish Benín (“Benin”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /beˈnin/ [bɛˈn̪in̪]
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: Be‧nin
Proper noun
editBenín (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔)
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Turkish
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editBenin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Declension
editSee also
edit- (countries of Africa) Afrika ülkesi; Angola, Batı Sahra, Benin, Botsvana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cezayir, Cibuti, Çad, Ekvator Ginesi, Eritre, Esvatini, Etiyopiya, Fas, Fildişi Sahili, Gabon, Gambiya, Gana, Gine, Gine-Bissau, Güney Afrika, Güney Sudan, Kamerun, Kenya, Komorlar, Kongo Cumhuriyeti, Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti, Lesotho, Liberya, Libya, Madagaskar, Malavi, Mali, Mauritius, Mısır, Moritanya, Mozambik, Namibya, Nijer, Nijeria, Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti, Ruanda, São Tomé ve Príncipe, Senegal, Seyşeller, Sierra Leone, Somali, Sudan, Tanzanya, Togo, Tunus, Uganda, Yeşil Burun, Zambiya, Zimbabve (Category: tr:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom English Benin, from Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editBenin f
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Derived terms
edit- Beninaidd (“Beninese”, adjective)
- Beniniad (“Beninese (man/woman)”)
- Gweriniaeth Benin (“Republic of Benin”)
Mutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
Benin | Fenin | Menin | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
See also
edit- (countries of Africa) gwledydd Affrica; yr Aifft, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Bwrcina Ffaso, Bwrwndi, Cabo Verde, Camerŵn, Cenia, Comoros, De Africa, De Swdan, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gini, Gini Bisaw, Gini Gyhydeddol, Gorllewin Sahara, Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica, Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo, Gweriniaeth y Congo, Jibwti, Lesotho, Liberia, Libia, Madagasgar, Malawi, Mali, Mawrisiws, Mawritania, Moroco, Mosambic, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sambia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Swdan, Tansania, Tiwnisia, Togo, y Traeth Ifori, Tsiad, Wganda (Category: cy:Countries in Africa) [edit]
- English terms borrowed from Portuguese
- English terms derived from Portuguese
- English terms derived from Itsekiri
- English terms derived from Yoruba
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɪn
- Rhymes:English/ɪn/2 syllables
- Rhymes:English/iːn
- Rhymes:English/iːn/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Benin
- en:Countries in Africa
- en:Countries
- Afrikaans terms with audio pronunciation
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans proper nouns
- af:Benin
- af:Countries in Africa
- af:Countries
- Breton lemmas
- Breton proper nouns
- br:Benin
- br:Countries in Africa
- br:Countries
- Central Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Nahuatl proper nouns
- nhn:Benin
- nhn:Countries in Africa
- nhn:Countries
- Crimean Tatar lemmas
- Crimean Tatar proper nouns
- crh:Benin
- crh:Countries in Africa
- crh:Countries
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech inanimate nouns
- cs:Benin
- cs:Countries in Africa
- cs:Countries
- Czech uncountable nouns
- Czech masculine inanimate nouns
- Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- da:Benin
- da:Countries in Africa
- da:Countries
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/in
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Benin
- nl:Countries in Africa
- nl:Countries
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- et:Benin
- et:Countries in Africa
- et:Countries
- Faroese terms derived from Portuguese
- Faroese terms derived from Yoruba
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese neuter nouns
- fo:Benin
- fo:Countries in Africa
- fo:Countries
- Finnish terms derived from Portuguese
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/enin
- Rhymes:Finnish/enin/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Benin
- fi:Countries in Africa
- fi:Countries
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Benin
- de:Countries in Africa
- de:Countries
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/in
- Rhymes:Hungarian/in/2 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- hu:Benin
- hu:Countries in Africa
- hu:Countries
- Interlingua lemmas
- Interlingua proper nouns
- ia:Benin
- ia:Countries in Africa
- ia:Countries
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Benin
- it:Countries in Africa
- it:Countries
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Benin
- nb:Countries in Africa
- nb:Countries
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- nn:Benin
- nn:Countries in Africa
- nn:Countries
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛɲin
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛɲin/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
- pl:Benin
- pl:Countries in Africa
- pl:Countries
- Polish singularia tantum
- Romanian terms with audio pronunciation
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian proper nouns
- ro:Benin
- ro:Countries in Africa
- ro:Countries
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- sh:Benin
- sh:Countries in Africa
- sh:Countries
- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovak lemmas
- Slovak proper nouns
- Slovak masculine nouns
- Slovak inanimate nouns
- sk:Benin
- sk:Countries in Africa
- sk:Countries
- Swahili terms with audio pronunciation
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili proper nouns
- sw:Benin
- sw:Countries in Africa
- sw:Countries
- Swedish terms borrowed from Portuguese
- Swedish terms derived from Portuguese
- Swedish terms derived from Itsekiri
- Swedish terms derived from Yoruba
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Benin
- sv:Countries in Africa
- sv:Countries
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/in
- Rhymes:Tagalog/in/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Benin
- tl:Countries in Africa
- tl:Countries
- Turkish terms with audio pronunciation
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish proper nouns
- tr:Benin
- tr:Countries in Africa
- tr:Countries
- Welsh terms borrowed from English
- Welsh terms derived from English
- Welsh terms derived from Portuguese
- Welsh terms derived from Itsekiri
- Welsh terms derived from Yoruba
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh proper nouns
- Welsh feminine nouns
- cy:Benin
- cy:Countries in Africa
- cy:Countries
- Welsh exonyms