perbene

See also: per bene

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From per + bene.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /perˈbɛ.ne/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛne
  • Hyphenation: per‧bè‧ne

Adjective

perbene (invariable)

  1. respectable, decent

Adverb

perbene

  1. well, properly

References

  1. perbene in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Further reading

  • perbene in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From per- + bene.

Pronunciation

Adverb

perbene (not comparable)

  1. very well

References

  • perbene”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • perbene”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • perbene in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • perbene in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • perbene”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
    • perbene”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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