ben
Interlingua
/ben/
adv
Definitions
- well
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian bene (well) borrowed from French bien (well, very) borrowed from Spanish, Castilian bien (well) borrowed from Portuguese bem (well, very).
Origin
Portuguese
bem
Gloss
well, very
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
井
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bene Latin
- benché Italian
- bene Italian
- bengodi Italian
- benissimo Italian
- bensì Italian
- perbene Italian
- sebbene Italian
- strabene Italian
- bene French
- bien French
- bienfaisant French
- bienheureux French
- bientôt French
- bienveillant French
- bienvenu French
- bienvenue French
- bien Spanish, Castilian
- bienteveo Spanish, Castilian
- bienvenido Spanish, Castilian
- rebien Spanish, Castilian
- requetebién Spanish, Castilian
- superbién Spanish, Castilian
- también Spanish, Castilian
- bem Portuguese
- bem-aventurado Portuguese
- bem-falante Portuguese
- benesse Portuguese
- benzinho Portuguese
- bien Middle French
- ben Old Portuguese
- byen Haitian, Haitian Creole
- byen Mauritian Creole
- benvenite Interlingua
- byen Seychellois Creole
- venite Interlingua
- bem Indo-Portuguese