Ben

• IPA^(key): /bɛn/
• (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /bɪn/

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• Homophones: ben; been (some accents); bin (pin–pen merger)
• Rhymes: -ɛn, -ɪn

Ben

1. A shortening of the male given name Benjamin or, less often, of Benedict.
   • 1990, Peter James, Sweet Heart, London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, →ISBN, page 156:

     Ben wolved down a digestive biscuit, then stretched out on his stomach on the flagstones beside them.

   • 2013, Victoria J. Hyla, Running in the Mists (Hearts Drawn Wyld Trilogy; 2), Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 300:

     After a moment of comfortable silence, with Ben tenderly rubbing his thumb gently over the back of her hand, he asked, “So what do you want to do now that you’re all stuffed full of waffley goodness?”

   • 2016 September 11, Emily Power, “Main bathroom reveals on The Block: hold on for the bathroom without a toot”, in Domain News:

     But Andy and Ben, they are lovers, not fighters … and they are going the battered sav.

Ben (plural Bens)

1. (US, slang) A US$100 bill, which bears a portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Often used in the plural form to indicate large sums of money.

• Ben Franklin, Benjamin, Benjamin Franklin, Franklin

Ben

1. The capital city of Ben County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran.
2. A county of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran.

Ben

1. Alternative form of Beng (“Mande language of Ivory Coast”).

• EbN, NEB, NbE, Neb., neb

From English Ben.

Ben

1. a male given name from English

• IPA^(key): [bɛn]

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Ben m (proper noun, strong, genitive Bens)

1. a diminutive of the male given name Benjamin

• IPA^(key): /bɛɪ̯n/

Ben n (plural Bener or Benen)

1. alternative spelling of Been : leg

Ben n (plural has not been set)

1. alternative spelling of Been : bone (as material)
2. alternative spelling of Been : bones; a skeleton or skeletons