Benin
English
Etymology
From Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Benin
- A country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey.
- People's Republic of Benin, from 1975 to 1990
- Republic of Benin, since 1990
- A historical kingdom in West Africa, in present-day Nigeria.
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Translations
country
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See also
- Countries of the world
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey; official name: Republiek van Benin; capital: Porto Novo)
Derived terms
Breton
Central Nahuatl
Crimean Tatar
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɛnɪn]
Proper noun
Benin m inan (related adjective beninský, demonym Beninec or Beniňan, female demonym Beninka or Beniňanka)
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Declension
Further reading
- Benin in Internetová jazyková příručka
Danish
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beːˈnin/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Be‧nin
- Rhymes: -in
Derived terms
Estonian
Faroese
Etymology
From Portuguese Benim, transcription of local corruption of Itsekiri ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈniːn/
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
Declension
Inflection of Benin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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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. |
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Derived terms
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beˈniːn/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Benin n (proper noun, genitive Benins or (optionally with an article) Benin)
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Further reading
- “Benin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɛnin]
- Hyphenation: Be‧nin
- Rhymes: -in
Proper noun
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
- Synonym: (official name) Benini Köztársaság
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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
Italian
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.ɲin/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɲin
- Syllabification: Be‧nin
Declension
Further reading
- Benin in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bênin/
- Hyphenation: Be‧nin
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbeɲin]
Proper noun
Benin m inan (genitive singular Beninu, declension pattern of dub)
- 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
Audio (Kenya) (file)
See also
- (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Swedish
Etymology
From Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).[1]
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Related terms
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beˈnin/, [bɛˈnin]
- Hyphenation: Be‧nin
Turkish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Declension
See also
- (countries of Africa) Afrika ülkesi; Angola, Batı Sahra, Benin, Botsvana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cezayir, Cibuti, Çad, Ekvator Ginesi, Eritre, Esvatini, Etiyopiya, Fas, Fildişi Sahili, Gabon, Gambiya, Gana, Gine, Gine-Bissau, Güney Afrika, Güney Sudan, Kamerun, Kenya, Komorlar, Kongo Cumhuriyeti, Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti, Lesotho, Liberya, Libya, Madagaskar, Malavi, Mali, Mauritius, Mısır, Moritanya, Mozambik, Namibya, Nijer, Nijeria, Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti, Ruanda, São Tomé ve Príncipe, Senegal, Seyşeller, Sierra Leone, Somali, Sudan, Tanzanya, Togo, Tunus, Uganda, Yeşil Burun, Zambiya, Zimbabve (Category: tr:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛˈnɪn/
Derived terms
- Beninaidd (“Beninese”, adjective)
- Beniniad (“Beninese (man/woman)”)
- Gweriniaeth Benin (“Republic of Benin”)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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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
- (countries of Africa) gwledydd Affrica; yr Aifft, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Bwrcina Ffaso, Bwrwndi, Cabo Verde, Camerŵn, Cenia, Comoros, De Africa, De Swdan, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gini, Gini Bisaw, Gini Gyhydeddol, Gorllewin Sahara, Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica, Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo, Gweriniaeth y Congo, Jibwti, Lesotho, Liberia, Libia, Madagasgar, Malawi, Mali, Mawrisiws, Mawritania, Moroco, Mosambic, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sambia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Swdan, Tansania, Tiwnisia, Togo, y Traeth Ifori, Tsiad, Wganda (Category: cy:Countries in Africa) [edit]
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