Benin
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English
Etymology
From Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).[1]
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Be‧nin
- (UK) IPA(key): /bɪˈniːn/, /bɛˈniːn/
- (US) IPA(key): /bəˈnin/, /bəˈnɪn/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (UK): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪn, -iːn
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
Descendants
- → Japanese: ベニン (Benin)
Translations
country
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See also
- Countries of the world
countries in Africa (appendix)edit
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
- 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
References
Further reading
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
Proper noun
Benin ?
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Crimean Tatar
Proper noun
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɛnɪn]
Proper noun
Benin m inan (relational adjective beninský, demonym Beninec or Beniňan, female demonym Beninka or Beniňanka)
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Declension
Declension of Benin (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Benin |
| genitive | Beninu |
| dative | Beninu |
| accusative | Benin |
| vocative | Benine |
| locative | Beninu |
| instrumental | Beninem |
Further reading
- “Benin”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Danish
Proper noun
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beːˈnin/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Be‧nin
- Rhymes: -in
Proper noun
Benin n
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Derived terms
Estonian
Proper noun
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Faroese
Etymology
From Portuguese Benim, transcription of local corruption of Itsekiri ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈniːn/
Proper noun
Benin n
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
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
- Hyphenation(key): Be‧nin
Proper noun
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
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 | — | |
| 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)
Derived terms
See also
- Ägypten
- Algerien
- Angola
- Äquatorialguinea
- Äthiopien
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Demokratische Republik Kongo
- Dschibuti
- Elfenbeinküste
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Gabun
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kamerun
- Kap Verde
- Kenia
- Komoren
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libyen
- Madagaskar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Marokko
- Mauretanien
- Mauritius
- Mosambik
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Republik Kongo
- Ruanda
- Sambia
- Senegal
- Seychellen
- Sierra Leone
- Simbabwe
- Somalia
- Südafrika
- Sudan
- Südsudan
- São Tomé und Príncipe
- Tansania
- Togo
- Tschad
- Tunesien
- Uganda
- Zentralafrikanische Republik
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; official name: Benini Köztársaság)
Declension
| 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 | — |
| 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
See also
- Algéria
- Angola
- Benin
- Bissau-Guinea
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Comore-szigetek
- Csád
- Dél-afrikai Köztársaság
- Dél-Szudán
- Dzsibuti
- Egyenlítői-Guinea
- Egyiptom
- Elefántcsontpart
- Eritrea
- Etiópia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghána
- Guinea
- Kamerun
- Kenya
- Kongói Demokratikus Köztársaság
- Kongói Köztársaság
- Közép-afrikai Köztársaság
- Lesotho
- Libéria
- Líbia
- Madagaszkár
- Malawi
- Mali
- Marokkó
- Mauritánia
- Mauritius
- Mozambik
- Namíbia
- Niger
- Nigéria
- Ruanda
- Seychelle-szigetek
- Sierra Leone
- São Tomé és Príncipe
- Szenegál
- Szomália
- Szudán
- Szváziföld
- Tanzánia
- Togo
- Tunézia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Zöld-foki Köztársaság
Interlingua
Proper noun
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Italian
Proper noun
Benin m
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Derived terms
Japanese
Romanization
Benin
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Related terms
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.ɲin/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɲin
- Syllabification: Be‧nin
Proper noun
Benin m inan (related adjective beniński)
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Declension
Declension of Benin
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Benin |
| genitive | Beninu |
| dative | Beninowi |
| accusative | Benin |
| instrumental | Beninem |
| locative | Beninie |
| vocative | Beninie |
Derived terms
See also
- Algieria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Czad
- Demokratyczna Republika Konga
- Dżibuti
- Egipt
- Erytrea
- Eswatini
- Etiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Gwinea
- Gwinea Bissau
- Gwinea Równikowa
- Kamerun
- Kenia
- Komory
- Kongo
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libia
- Madagaskar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Maroko
- Mauretania
- Mauritius
- Mozambik
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Południowa Afryka
- Republika Środkowoafrykańska
- Republika Zielonego Przylądka
- Rwanda
- Sahara Zachodnia
- Senegal
- Seszele
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Sudan Południowy
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunezja
- Uganda
- Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej
- Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Further reading
- Benin in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bênin/
- Hyphenation: Be‧nin
Proper noun
Bȅnin m inan (Cyrillic spelling Бе̏нин)
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Declension
Declension of Benin
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Benin |
| genitive | Benina |
| dative | Beninu |
| accusative | Benin |
| vocative | Benine |
| locative | Beninu |
| instrumental | Beninom |
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, 2003–2025
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛnìːn/
Proper noun
Benín m inan
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Declension
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Benín | |
| genitive | Benína | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Benín | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Benína | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
Benínu | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Benín | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Benínu | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Benínom | |
Related terms
- Benínčan / Benínčanka
- benínski
References
- “Benin”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “Benin”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Proper noun
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
See also
- Afrika Kusini
- Algeria ~ Aljeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Chad ~ Chadi
- Cote d'Ivoire ~ Kodivaa
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia, Uhabeshi ~ Habeshi
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea Bisau ~ Guinea-Bisau ~ Ginebisau
- Guinea ya Ikweta ~ Ginekweta
- Guinea ~ Gine ~ Gini
- Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
- Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa
- Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville
- Jibuti ~ Djibouti
- Kamerun ~ Cameroon ~ Kameruni
- Kenya
- Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagaska, Bukini
- Malawi, Unyasa
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mayotte
- Misri, Umisri
- Morisi
- Moroko ~ Maroko
- Msumbiji, Mozambik
- Mtakatifu Helena
- Namibia
- Niger ~ Nijeri
- Nigeria ~ Nijeria ~ Naijeria
- Rwanda ~ Ruanda
- Réunion
- Sahara ya Magharibi
- Sao Tome na Principe
- Senegal ~ Senegali
- Shelisheli
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Sudan Kusini
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Uswazi, Swaziland
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Swedish
Etymology
From Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛˈniːn/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Benin n (genitive Benins)
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Related terms
See also
- Algeriet
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Centralafrikanska republiken
- Demokratiska republiken Kongo
- Djibouti
- Egypten
- Ekvatorialguinea
- Elfenbenskusten
- Eritrea
- Etiopien
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kamerun
- Kap Verde
- Kenya
- Komorerna
- Kongo-Brazzaville
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libyen
- Madagaskar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Marocko
- Mauretanien
- Mauritius
- Moçambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- São Tomé och Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychellerna
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Sydafrika
- Sydsudan
- Tanzania
- Tchad
- Togo
- Tunisien
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
References
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Benín (“Benin”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /beˈnin/ [bɛˈn̪ɪn̪]
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: Be‧nin
Proper noun
Benín (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔)
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Turkish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Benin
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Benin | - |
| definite accusative | Benin'i | - |
| dative | Benin'e | - |
| locative | Benin'de | - |
| ablative | Benin'den | - |
| genitive | Benin'in | - |
See also
- 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
- Senegal
- Seyşeller
- Sierra Leone
- Somali
- Sudan
- São Tomé ve Príncipe
- Tanzanya
- Togo
- Tunus
- Uganda
- Yeşil Burun
- Zambiya
- Zimbabve
Welsh
Etymology
From English Benin, from Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛˈnɪn/
Proper noun
Benin f
- Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)
Derived terms
- Beninaidd (“Beninese”, adjective)
- Beniniad (“Beninese (man/woman)”)
- Gweriniaeth Benin (“Republic of Benin”)
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | Fenin | Menin | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
See also
- Angola
- Algeria
- Benin
- Botswana
- Bwrcina Ffaso
- Bwrwndi
- Cabo Verde
- Camerŵn
- Cenia
- De Affrica
- 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
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Simbabwe
- Somalia
- Swdan
- São Tomé a Príncipe
- Tansania
- Tiwnisia
- Togo
- Tsiad
- Wganda
- y Comoros
- y Seychelles
- y Traeth Ifori
- yr Aifft