different between bene vs dene

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English bene, from Old English b?n (“prayer, request, petition, favour, compulsory service”), from Proto-Germanic *b?niz (“supplication”). Cognate with Danish bøn (“prayer”), Swedish bön (“prayer”), Icelandic bæn (“prayer”), Icelandic bón (“request”). Related to ban. See also boon, bee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi?n/
• Homophones: bean, been

Alternative forms

• been (dialectal)
• ben (obsolete)

Noun

bene (plural benes)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) A prayer, especially to God; a petition; a boon.
   • 1815, William Wordsworth, The Force of Prayer

Related terms

• beenship

Etymology 2

Noun

bene (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of benne (sesame)

Etymology 3

UK C16. Probably from Latin bene or Italian bene.

Alternative forms

• ben, bien

Adjective

bene (comparative benar, superlative benat)

1. (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) Good. [16th-19th c.]

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:good

Derived terms

• bene bowse
• bene cove
• bene darkmans
• bene feaker
• bene feaker of gybes
• bene lightmans
• bene mort
• beneship
• beneshiply
• cut bene

Noun

bene (plural benes)

1. (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) Tongue. [16th-18th c.]

References

• [Francis Grose] (1785) , “Bene”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, London: Printed for S. Hooper, […], OCLC 1179630700.
• Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) , “bene”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, OCLC 882571771, page 107
• Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues?^[2], volume 1, pages 178–179
• Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang. Routledge, 1973. ?ISBN.

Anagrams

• NEbE, been, eben, neeb

Afrikaans

Noun

bene

1. plural of been

Corsican

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?ne/

Noun

bene m

1. Alternative form of bè

References

• https://infcor.adecec.net/

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?n?

Verb

bene

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of benen

Anagrams

• been

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bene.

Adverb

bene

1. Synonym of bien

Italian

Etymology

From Latin bene.

Pronunciation

• (Northern Italy) IPA^(key): /?be.ne/
• (standard, central Italy, Southern Italy) IPA^(key): /?b?.ne/

Adjective

bene (invariable)

1. upper-class, posh, high

Adverb

bene (comparative: meglio; superlative: benissimo)

1. well, nicely, OK, right

   Antonym: male

2. properly, correctly, rightly

   Synonym: correttamente

   Antonyms: erratamente, erroneamente

3. thoroughly, carefully

   Synonyms: attentamente, minuziosamente

4. as much as, as many as

   Synonym: valore di

Derived terms

Related terms

• buono

Interjection

bene!

1. good!; fine!

Noun

bene m (plural beni)

1. good

   Antonym: male

2. (chiefly in the plural) goods, property, possessions, belongings, assets

   Synonyms: proprietà, possedimenti

3. sake, good

   Antonym: male

4. happiness

   Synonym: felicità

   Antonym: tristezza

5. sweetheart, darling, love, bless someone's cotton socks

   Synonyms: amore, tesoro, amato

6. asset

Derived terms

• bene immobile
• bene mobile
• bene privato
• bene pubblico
• bene di stato

Further reading

• bene on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin *duen?d, from duenos (“good”), which gave bonus. More at English bonus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?be.ne/, [?b?n?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?be.ne/, [?b??n?]

Adverb

bene (comparative melius, superlative optim?)

1. well

   Tibi bene ex animo volo.

   I wish you well with all my heart.

2. properly, exactly
3. agreeably, favorably

Derived terms

• bened?c?
• benefaci?

Related terms

• bonus

Descendants

References

• bene in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bene in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• bene in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• bene in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
• bene in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[4]
• bene in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Middle Dutch

Noun

bêne

1. inflection of bêen:
   1. dative singular
   2. nominative/accusative/genitive plural

Middle English

Alternative forms

• beane, beene, beyn, ben, bean

Etymology

From Old English b?an, from Proto-West Germanic *baunu, from Proto-Germanic *baun?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??n/

Noun

bene (plural benes)

1. bean

Descendants

• English: bean
• Scots: bein, bene
• Yola: beanès (plural)

References

• “b?n(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin bene (“well”). Compare Italian bene.

Adjective

bene

1. well

Adverb

bene

1. well

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di?n/
• Rhymes: -i?n
• Homophones: dean, Deane

Etymology 1

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English dene

Noun

dene (plural denes)

1. (Northumbria) a valley, especially the deep valley of a stream or rivulet

Usage notes

This, or perhaps Old English dene, is found elsewhere in placenames, particularly in southern England, including Dene Park in Tonbridge, Kent, The Dene in Southwater, Sussex, Deepdene in Dorking, Surrey, The Dene in Alresford, Hampshire, Dene Hollow in south Birmingham, Denefield in Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire, and Primrose Dene in Knottingley, Yorkshire

Etymology 2

Perhaps related to Middle Low German düne (“dune”).

Noun

dene (plural denes)

1. a sand dune by the seashore

Anagrams

• Eden, Ende, deen, eden, ende, need

Middle English

Noun

dene

1. Alternative form of dynne

Old English

Alternative forms

• denu

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *danj?, from Proto-Indo-European *d?en- (“low ground”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?de.ne/

Noun

dene f

1. valley
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Another Vision"

Declension

Descendants

• English: dene

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?e?n?e/

Verb

dene

1. Alternative spelling of déne

Mutation

South Slavey

Etymology

Cognates include Navajo diné and Dogrib done.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?.n?/

Noun

dene

1. man
2. husband
3. person
4. (specifically) Slavey person

References

• Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, ?ISBN, page 19