ben
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- //bɛn//
- //bɪn//
In, into.
Substantiv
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veraltetA prayer; a petition.
Herkunft
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.
Präposition
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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.
Herkunft
From Middle English ben, bene, variation of bin, binne (“within”), from Old English binnan (“within, in, inside of, into”), equivalent to be- + in.
Adverb
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Inside.
Adjektiv
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Inner, interior.
Substantiv
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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.
Substantiv
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A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben.
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The winged seed of the ben tree.
- 3
The oil of the ben seed.
Herkunft
From Middle English been, from Old French and Medieval Latin, probably from a North African pronunciation of Arabic بَان (bān, “ben tree”).
Substantiv
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Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).
Herkunft
From Arabic بِن (bin) and Hebrew בן (ben, “son”).
Substantiv
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A Scottish or Irish mountain or high peak.
Herkunft
Borrowed from Scots ben, benn, from Scottish Gaelic beinn.
Adjektiv
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Variante von beneveraltetAlternative spelling of bene; good.
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.
Herkunft
c. 16th century. Probably from Latin bene or Italian bene.
Substantiv
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veraltetA 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.
Herkunft
Shortening.
Substantiv
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Variante von binAlternative form of bin.
Formen
- Plural
- bens
- Komparativ
- benner, benar
- Superlativ
- benmost, benat