Benin

See also: Bénin, Benín, bénin, bénîn, and bɛnin

English

Benin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Be‧nin
  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɛˈnɪn/, /bɛˈniːn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /bəˈnin/, /bəˈnɪn/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪn, -iːn

Proper noun

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
  2. A historical kingdom in West Africa, in present-day Nigeria.

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

References

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

Further reading

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey; official name: Republiek van Benin; capital: Porto Novo)

Derived terms

Breton

Proper noun

Benin ?

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Crimean Tatar

Proper noun

Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛnɪn]

Proper noun

Benin m inan (related adjective beninský, demonym Beninec or Beniňan, female demonym Beninka or Beniňanka)

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Declension

Further reading

  • Benin in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Proper noun

Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Benin n

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Derived terms

Estonian

Proper noun

Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Faroese

Etymology

From Portuguese Benim, transcription of local corruption of Itsekiri ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈniːn/

Proper noun

Benin n

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Benin
Accusative Benin
Dative Benini
Genitive Benins

Finnish

Etymology

From Portuguese Benim.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Declension

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 —
abessive Beninittä —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Benin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Beninini —
accusative nom. Beninini —
gen. Beninini
genitive Beninini —
partitive Beniniäni —
inessive Beninissäni —
elative Beninistäni —
illative Beniniini —
adessive Beninilläni —
ablative Beniniltäni —
allative Beninilleni —
essive Benininäni —
translative Beninikseni —
abessive Beninittäni —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Beninisi —
accusative nom. Beninisi —
gen. Beninisi
genitive Beninisi —
partitive Beniniäsi —
inessive Beninissäsi —
elative Beninistäsi —
illative Beniniisi —
adessive Beninilläsi —
ablative Beniniltäsi —
allative Beninillesi —
essive Benininäsi —
translative Beniniksesi —
abessive Beninittäsi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Beninimme —
accusative nom. Beninimme —
gen. Beninimme
genitive Beninimme —
partitive Beniniämme —
inessive Beninissämme —
elative Beninistämme —
illative Beniniimme —
adessive Beninillämme —
ablative Beniniltämme —
allative Beninillemme —
essive Benininämme —
translative Beniniksemme —
abessive Beninittämme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Benininne —
accusative nom. Benininne —
gen. Benininne
genitive Benininne —
partitive Beniniänne —
inessive Beninissänne —
elative Beninistänne —
illative Beniniinne —
adessive Beninillänne —
ablative Beniniltänne —
allative Beninillenne —
essive Benininänne —
translative Beniniksenne —
abessive Beninittänne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Benininsä —
accusative nom. Benininsä —
gen. Benininsä
genitive Benininsä —
partitive Beniniään
Beniniänsä
—
inessive Beninissään
Beninissänsä
—
elative Beninistään
Beninistänsä
—
illative Beniniinsä —
adessive Beninillään
Beninillänsä
—
ablative Beniniltään
Beniniltänsä
—
allative Beninilleen
Beninillensä
—
essive Benininään
Benininänsä
—
translative Beninikseen
Beniniksensä
—
abessive Beninittään
Beninittänsä
—
instructive — —
comitative — —

Derived terms

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beˈniːn/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Benin n (proper noun, genitive Benins or (optionally with an article) Benin)

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Benin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
    Synonym: (official name) Benini Köztársaság

Declension

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 terms

Interlingua

Proper noun

Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Italian

Proper noun

Benin m

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Derived terms

Japanese

Romanization

Benin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ベニン

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.ɲin/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɲin
  • Syllabification: Be‧nin

Proper noun

Benin m

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • beniński
nouns

Further reading

  • Benin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Bȅnin m (Cyrillic spelling Бе̏нин)

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbeɲin]

Proper noun

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

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

References

  • “Benin”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

See also

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Benin n (genitive Benins)

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
  • beninsk (“Beninese”, adjective)
  • beninier c (“Beninese male”)
  • beninska c (“Beninese female”)

References

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Benín (“Benin”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Benín (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔)

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Benin

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Declension

See also

Welsh

Etymology

From English Benin, from Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛˈnɪn/

Proper noun

Benin f

  1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Derived terms

  • Beninaidd (“Beninese”, adjective)
  • Beniniad (“Beninese (man/woman)”)
  • Gweriniaeth Benin (“Republic of Benin”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
Benin Fenin Menin unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

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