Ben
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ben¹
- /bɛn/
- /bɪn/ pin pen merger
Sounds like Ben, been (some accents), bin (pin–pen merger) · Rhymes with -ɛn, -ɪn
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *bōjana
Proto-Indo-European *-nis
Proto-Germanic *-niz
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-nis
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-ni-s
Proto-Germanic *bōniz
Proto-West Germanic *bōni
Old English bēn
Middle English ben, beneder.
English ben
From Middle English ben, bene, from Old English bēn (“prayer, request, favor, compulsory service”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōni, from Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“supplication”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to say”). Related to ban. More at boon.
noun bens · bene
- A prayer; a petition.
ben²
- /bɛn/
- /bɪn/ pin pen merger
Sounds like Ben, been (some accents), bin (pin–pen merger) · Rhymes with -ɛn, -ɪn
Where it comes from
From Middle English ben, bene, variation of bin, binne (“within”), from Old English binnan (“within, in, inside of, into”), equivalent to be- + in.
preposition
- In, into. And he was waving to me to creep in, so I just did and then just to skip ben the front and then in the lobby.
adverb
- Inside.
adjective benner · benmost
- Inner, interior.
noun bens
- The inner room of a two-room cottage (as opposed to the but); the ben room. Bert Kerston was awakened by a steady tap on the ben window.
ben³
- /bɛn/
- /bɪn/ pin pen merger
Sounds like Ben, been (some accents), bin (pin–pen merger) · Rhymes with -ɛn, -ɪn
Where it comes from
From Middle English been, from Old French and Medieval Latin, probably from a North African pronunciation of Arabic بَان (bān, “ben tree”).
noun bens
- A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben.
- The winged seed of the ben tree.
- The oil of the ben seed.
Similar: drumstick tree, horseradish tree, moringa
ben⁴
- /bɛn/
- /bɪn/ pin pen merger
Sounds like Ben, been (some accents), bin (pin–pen merger) · Rhymes with -ɛn, -ɪn
Where it comes from
From Arabic بِن (bin) and Hebrew בן (ben, “son”).
noun Ben · bin
- Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).
ben⁵
- /bɛn/
- /bɪn/ pin pen merger
Sounds like Ben, been (some accents), bin (pin–pen merger) · Rhymes with -ɛn, -ɪn
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Scots ben, benn, from Scottish Gaelic beinn.
noun bens
- A Scottish or Irish mountain or high peak.
ben⁶
- /bɛn/
- /bɪn/ pin pen merger
Sounds like Ben, been (some accents), bin (pin–pen merger) · Rhymes with -ɛn, -ɪn
Where it comes from
c. 16th century. Probably from Latin bene or Italian bene.
adjective benar · benat
- Alternative spelling of bene; good.bene A gage of ben Rom-bouse, / In a bousing-ken of Rom-vile, / Is benar than a Caster, / Pecke, pennam, lay, or popler, / Which we mill in deuse a vile.
ben⁷
- /bɛn/
- /bɪn/ pin pen merger
Sounds like Ben, been (some accents), bin (pin–pen merger) · Rhymes with -ɛn, -ɪn
Where it comes from
Shortening.
noun bens
- A benefit (performance to raise funds). In the Chronicles of the Stage, some curious particulars are given relating to Sir Henry Herbert and the well-known Sir William Davidson, by which we learn, amongst other things, that a “ben” or benefit at Drury Lane, two centuries ago, was worth a hundred pounds.
ben⁸
- /bɛn/
- /bɪn/ pin pen merger
Sounds like Ben, been (some accents), bin (pin–pen merger) · Rhymes with -ɛn, -ɪn
noun bens
- Alternative form of bin.bin
Ben⁹
- /bɛn/
- /bɪn/ pin pen merger
Sounds like ben, been (some accents), bin (pin–pen merger) · Rhymes with -ɛn, -ɪn
proper noun
- A shortening of the male given name Benjamin or, less often, of Benedict. Ben wolved down a digestive biscuit, then stretched out on his stomach on the flagstones beside them.
noun Bens
- A US$100 bill, which bears a portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Often used in the plural form to indicate large sums of money.
Ben10
- /bɛn/
- /bɪn/ pin pen merger
Sounds like ben, been (some accents), bin (pin–pen merger) · Rhymes with -ɛn, -ɪn
proper noun
- The capital city of Ben County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran.
- A county of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran.
Ben11
- /bɛn/
- /bɪn/ pin pen merger
Sounds like ben, been (some accents), bin (pin–pen merger) · Rhymes with -ɛn, -ɪn
proper noun
- Alternative form of Beng (“Mande language of Ivory Coast”).Beng
