Benin
English
Etymology
From Portuguese Benim, from Isekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Benin
Hypernyms
Translations
country
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Derived terms
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, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Réunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries) [edit]
Afrikaans
Breton
Danish
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beːˈnin/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Be‧nin
- Rhymes: -in
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
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 | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Beninittä | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beˈniːn/
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɛnin]
- Hyphenation: Be‧nin
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 | — |
| 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
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.ɲin/
Audio (file)
Declension
Derived terms
- (nouns) Benińczyk m, Beninka f
- (adjective) beniński
Romanian
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bênin/
- Hyphenation: Be‧nin
Declension
Declension of Benin
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Benin |
| genitive | Benina |
| dative | Beninu |
| accusative | Benin |
| vocative | Benine |
| locative | Beninu |
| instrumental | Beninom |
Swahili
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]
Turkish
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