Definitions For Bene

Etymology 1

{{PIE root, en, bʰeh₂, id=speak}} From Middle English bene, from {{inh, en, ang, bēn, , prayer, request, petition, favour, compulsory service}}, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, *bōniz, , supplication}}. Cognate with {{cog, da, bøn, , prayer}}, {{cog, sv, bön, , prayer}}, {{cog, is, bæn, , prayer}}, {{cog, is, bón, , request}}. Related to ban. See also boon, bee.

Pronunciation

/biːn/ {{homophone, en, bean, been}} (audio stream unavailable)

Alternative forms

been {{qualifier, dialectal}} ben {{qualifier, obsolete}}

Noun

BENE (plural BENEs) (now, _, chiefly, _, dialectal) A prayer, especially to God; a petition; a boon.

Related terms

beenship

Etymology 2

Noun

BENE (uncountable) Alternate form of benne, nodot=yes (sesame)

Etymology 3

UK C16. Probably from {{der, en, la, bene}} or {{der, en, it, bene}}.

Alternative forms

ben, bien

Adjective

{{en-adj, benar, sup=benat}} (obsolete, UK, thieves) good, good. 16th-19th c. }}

Synonyms

Derived terms

bene bowse bene cove bene darkmans bene feaker bene feaker of gybes bene lightmans bene mort beneship beneshiply cut bene

Noun

BENE (plural BENEs) (obsolete, UK, thieves) tongue, tongue. 16th-18th c. : {{ux, en, Stowe your bene!}}

References

{{R:Grose 1788}} {{R:Barrere, volume=1, page=107}} {{R:Farmer, volume=1, pages=178–179}} {{R:The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang}}

Anagrams

NEbE, been, eben, neeb

Is Bene a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
6
Words with Friends
8

The word Bene is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends

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