Benin
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese Benim, from Isekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).[1]
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: Be‧nin
- (UK) IPA(key): /bɛˈnɪn/, /bɛˈniːn/
- (US) IPA(key): /bəˈnin/, /bəˈnɪn/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪn, Rhymes: -iːn
Proper nounEdit
Benin
- A country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey.
- People's Republic of Benin, from 1975 to 1990
- Republic of Benin, since 1990
HypernymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
country
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See alsoEdit
- 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]
ReferencesEdit
Further readingEdit
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
Proper nounEdit
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa)
BretonEdit
Proper nounEdit
Benin ?
- Benin (a country in West Africa)
Central NahuatlEdit
Proper nounEdit
Benin
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Benin m inan
- Benin (a country in West Africa)
Related termsEdit
DanishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa)
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Benin n
- Benin (a country in West Africa)
Derived termsEdit
EstonianEdit
Proper nounEdit
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa)
FaroeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese Benim, transcription of local corruption of Itsekiri ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Benin n
- Benin (a country in West Africa)
DeclensionEdit
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Benin |
| Accusative | Benin |
| Dative | Benini |
| Genitive | Benins |
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese Benim.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa)
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of Benin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Beninittä | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Benin (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Beninini | Beninimme |
| 2nd person | Beninisi | Benininne |
| 3rd person | Benininsä | |
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Benin n (proper noun, genitive Benins or (optionally with an article) Benin)
- Benin (a country in West Africa)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “Benin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa; official name: Republic of Benin)
- Synonym: (official name) Benini Köztársaság
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 termsEdit
InterlinguaEdit
Proper nounEdit
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa)
ItalianEdit
Proper nounEdit
Benin m
- Benin (a country in West Africa)
Derived termsEdit
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
Benin
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Proper nounEdit
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa)
Related termsEdit
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Proper nounEdit
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa)
Related termsEdit
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Benin m
- Benin (a country in West Africa)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Benin
Derived termsEdit
adjective
nouns
Further readingEdit
RomanianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
Proper nounEdit
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa)
Serbo-CroatianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Bȅnin m (Cyrillic spelling Бе̏нин)
- Benin (a country in West Africa)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Benin
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Benin |
| genitive | Benina |
| dative | Beninu |
| accusative | Benin |
| vocative | Benine |
| locative | Beninu |
| instrumental | Beninom |
SlovakEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Benin m inan (genitive singular Beninu, declension pattern of dub)
ReferencesEdit
- Benin in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
SwahiliEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Proper nounEdit
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa)
See alsoEdit
- (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]
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese Benim, from Isekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).[1]
Proper nounEdit
Benin n (genitive Benins)
- Benin (a country in West Africa)
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
TagalogEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Benín
- Benin (a country in West Africa)
TurkishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Benin
See alsoEdit
- (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]