See also: Bénin, Benín, bénin, and bénîn

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/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪn, Rhymes: -iːn

Proper nounEdit

Benin

  1. A country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey.
    1. People's Republic of Benin, from 1975 to 1990
    2. Republic of Benin, since 1990

HypernymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Isidore Okpewho (1998) Once Upon a Kingdom[1], Indiana University Press, page 176.

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

AfrikaansEdit

 
Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia af

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa)

BretonEdit

Proper nounEdit

Benin ?

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa)

Central NahuatlEdit

Proper nounEdit

Benin

  1. Benin (a country in Africa)

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Benin m inan

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa)

Related termsEdit

DanishEdit

Proper nounEdit

Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa)

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /beːˈnin/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Be‧nin
  • Rhymes: -in

Proper nounEdit

Benin n

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa)

Derived termsEdit

EstonianEdit

Proper nounEdit

Benin

  1. 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

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa)

DeclensionEdit

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Benin
Accusative Benin
Dative Benini
Genitive Benins

FinnishEdit

 
Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fi

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese Benim.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbenin/, [ˈbe̞nin]
  • Rhymes: -enin
  • Syllabification(key): Be‧nin

Proper nounEdit

Benin

  1. 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)

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa)

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • Benin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

HungarianEdit

 Benin on Hungarian Wikipedia

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛnin]
  • Hyphenation: Be‧nin
  • Rhymes: -in

Proper nounEdit

Benin

  1. 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

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa)

ItalianEdit

 
Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Proper nounEdit

Benin m

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa)

Derived termsEdit

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

Benin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ベニン

Norwegian BokmålEdit

 
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Proper nounEdit

Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa)

Related termsEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Proper nounEdit

Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa)

Related termsEdit

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Benin m

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa)

DeclensionEdit

Derived termsEdit

adjective
nouns

Further readingEdit

  • Benin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Benin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa)

Serbo-CroatianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /bênin/
  • Hyphenation: Be‧nin

Proper nounEdit

Bȅnin m (Cyrillic spelling Бе̏нин)

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa)

DeclensionEdit

SlovakEdit

 
Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
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PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Benin m inan (genitive singular Beninu, declension pattern of dub)

  1. Benin (a country in Africa)

ReferencesEdit

  • Benin in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

SwahiliEdit

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa)

See alsoEdit

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese Benim, from Isekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (house of vexation).[1]

Proper nounEdit

Benin n (genitive Benins)

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa)

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Isidore Okpewho (1998) Once Upon a Kingdom[2], Indiana University Press, page 176.

TagalogEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Spanish Benín (Benin).

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: Be‧nin
  • IPA(key): /beˈnin/, [beˈnin]

Proper nounEdit

Benín

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa)

TurkishEdit

Proper nounEdit

Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa)

DeclensionEdit

See alsoEdit