Benin

See also: Bénin, Benín, bénin, bénîn, and bɛnin

Languages (27)

English

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English

Benin

Etymology

From Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Be‧nin
• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɛˈnɪn/, /bɛˈniːn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /bəˈnin/, /bəˈnɪn/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪn, -iːn

Proper noun

Benin

2. A country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey.
   1. People's Republic of Benin, from 1975 to 1990
   2. Republic of Benin, since 1990
4. A historical kingdom in West Africa, in present-day Nigeria.

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Derived terms

• Bay of Benin
• Beninese
• Bight of Benin
• Republic of Benin

 

Descendants

• → Japanese: ベニン (Benin)

Translations

country

• Afrikaans: Benin
• Amharic: ቤኒን (benin)
• Arabic: بَنِين m (banīn)
• Armenian: Բենին (hy) (Benin)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܸܢܝܼܢ f (binīn)
• Azerbaijani: Benin (az)
• Belarusian: Бені́н m (Bjenín)
• Bengali: বেনিন (bn) (benin)
• Breton: Benin
• Bulgarian: Бени́н m (Benín)
• Burmese: ဘီနင် (bhinang)
• Catalan: Benín (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貝寧／贝宁 (zh) (Bèiníng)

• Czech: Benin (cs) m
• Danish: Benin (da)
• Dhivehi: ބެނީން (dv) (benīn̊)
• Dutch: Benin (nl) n
• Esperanto: Benino (eo)
• Estonian: Benin (et)
• Faroese: Benin n
• Finnish: Benin (fi)
• French: Bénin (fr) m
• Galician: Benín (gl)
• Georgian: ბენინი (ka) (benini)
• German: Benin (de) n
• Greek: Μπενίν (el) n (Benín)
• Hausa: Binin, Benin
• Hebrew: בנין (he) (benin)
• Hindi: बेनिन (hi) (benin)
• Hungarian: Benin (hu)
• Icelandic: Benín (is) n
• Interlingua: Benin
• Irish: Beinin f
• Italian: Benin (it) m
• Japanese: ベナン (ja) (Benan)
• Kalenjin: Benin
• Kamba: Mbenini
• Kazakh: Бенин (kk) (Benin)
• Khmer: បេណាំង (km) (beenang)
• Korean: 베냉 (ko) (Benaeng), 베닌 (ko) (Benin)
• Kyrgyz: Бенин (ky) (Benin)
• Latin: Beninum
• Latvian: Benina (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Beninas (lt) m
• Luhya: Benini
• Luo: Benin
• Macedonian: Бенин (mk) m (Benin)
• Malay: Benin (ms)
• Maltese: il-Benin
• Maori: Pēnina (mi)
• Meru: Benin
• Mingrelian: ბენინი (benini)
• Mongolian: Бенин (mn) (Benin)
• Norman: Benin m
• Norwegian: Benin (no)
• Persian: بنین (benin)
• Polish: Benin (pl)
• Portuguese: Benim (pt)
• Romanian: Benin (ro) n
• Russian: Бени́н (ru) m (Benín)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бенин m

  Roman: Benin (sh) m

• Slovak: Benin (sk) m
• Slovene: Benin (sl) m
• Spanish: Benín (es)
• Swahili: Benin (sw)
• Swedish: Benin (sv)
• Tagalog: Benin (tl)
• Tajik: Бенин (tg) (Benin)
• Thai: เบนิน (th) (bee-nin)
• Tigrinya: ቤኒን (benin)
• Turkish: Benin (tr)
• Ukrainian: Бені́н (uk) m (Benín)
• Uyghur: بېنىن (bënin)
• Uzbek: Benin (uz)
• Vietnamese: Bê-nanh
• Yoruba: Bẹ̀nẹ̀

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, Eswatini, 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 ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Further reading

• Benin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• benni

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey; official name: Republiek van Benin; capital: Porto Novo)

Derived terms

• Beninees

Breton

Proper noun

Benin ?

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Crimean Tatar

Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛnɪn]

Proper noun

Benin m inan (related adjective beninský, demonym Beninec or Beniňan, female demonym Beninka or Beniňanka)

1. 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)

Danish

Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beːˈnin/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Be‧nin
• Rhymes: -in

Proper noun

Benin n

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Derived terms

• Benins

Estonian

Proper noun

Benin

1. 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

1. 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

Proper noun

Benin

1. 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.

Possessive forms of Benin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Beninini — accusative nom. Beninini — gen. Beninini genitive Beninini — partitive Beniniäni — inessive Beninissäni — elative Beninistäni — illative Beniniini — adessive Beninilläni — ablative Beniniltäni — allative Beninilleni — essive Benininäni — translative Beninikseni — abessive Beninittäni — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Beninisi — accusative nom. Beninisi — gen. Beninisi genitive Beninisi — partitive Beniniäsi — inessive Beninissäsi — elative Beninistäsi — illative Beniniisi — adessive Beninilläsi — ablative Beniniltäsi — allative Beninillesi — essive Benininäsi — translative Beniniksesi — abessive Beninittäsi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Beninimme — accusative nom. Beninimme — gen. Beninimme genitive Beninimme — partitive Beniniämme — inessive Beninissämme — elative Beninistämme — illative Beniniimme — adessive Beninillämme — ablative Beniniltämme — allative Beninillemme — essive Benininämme — translative Beniniksemme — abessive Beninittämme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Benininne — accusative nom. Benininne — gen. Benininne genitive Benininne — partitive Beniniänne — inessive Beninissänne — elative Beninistänne — illative Beniniinne — adessive Beninillänne — ablative Beniniltänne — allative Beninillenne — essive Benininänne — translative Beniniksenne — abessive Beninittänne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Benininsä — accusative nom. Benininsä — gen. Benininsä genitive Benininsä — partitive Beniniään Beniniänsä — inessive Beninissään Beninissänsä — elative Beninistään Beninistänsä — illative Beniniinsä — adessive Beninillään Beninillänsä — ablative Beniniltään Beniniltänsä — allative Beninilleen Beninillensä — essive Benininään Benininänsä — translative Beninikseen Beniniksensä — abessive Beninittään Beninittänsä — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• beniniläinen

 

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈniːn/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Benin n (proper noun, genitive Benins or (optionally with an article) Benin)

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Derived terms

• Beniner
• beninisch
• Benin-Stadt

See also

• (countries of Africa) Staaten Afrikas; Ägypten, Algerien, Angola, Äquatorialguinea, Äthiopien, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Dschibuti, Elfenbeinküste, Eritrea, Eswatini, Gabun, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kamerun, Kap Verde, Kenia, Komoren, Demokratische Republik Kongo, Republik Kongo, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyen, Madagaskar, Malawi, Mali, Marokko, Mauretanien, Mauritius, Mosambik, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Ruanda, Sambia, São Tomé und Príncipe, Senegal, Seychellen, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Südafrika, Sudan, Südsudan, Tansania, Togo, Tschad, Tunesien, Uganda, Zentralafrikanische Republik ^{(Category: de:Countries in Africa)}

Further reading

• “Benin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛnin]
• Hyphenation: Be‧nin
• Rhymes: -in

Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

   Synonym: (official name) Benini Köztársaság

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	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Beniné	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Beninéi	—

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

• benini

Interlingua

Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Italian

Proper noun

Benin m

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Derived terms

• beninese

Japanese

Romanization

Benin

1. Rōmaji transcription of ベニン

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Related terms

• beniner
• beninsk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Related terms

• beninar
• beninsk

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.ɲin/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛɲin
• Syllabification: Be‧nin

Proper noun

Benin m inan (related adjective beniński)

1. 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

nouns

• Beninka
• Benińczyk

 

See also

• (countries of Africa) państwa Afryki; 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 ^{(Category: pl:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Further reading

• Benin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bênin/
• Hyphenation: Be‧nin

Proper noun

Bȅnin m (Cyrillic spelling Бе̏нин)

1. 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)

1. 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, 2024

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

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]}

Swedish

Etymology

From Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Benin n (genitive Benins)

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Related terms

• beninsk (“Beninese”, adjective)
• beninier c (“Beninese male”)
• beninska c (“Beninese female”)

References

• Benin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Benín (“Benin”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /beˈnin/ [bɛˈn̪in̪]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: Be‧nin

Proper noun

Benín (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔)

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Benin

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Declension

Declension of Benin

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	Benin	-
definite accusative (belirtme)	Benin'i	-
dative (yönelme)	Benin'e	-
locative (bulunma)	Benin'de	-
ablative (ayrılma)	Benin'den	-
genitive (tamlayan)	Benin'in	-

See also

• (countries of Africa) Afrika ülkesi; 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, São Tomé ve Príncipe, Senegal, Seyşeller, Sierra Leone, Somali, Sudan, Tanzanya, Togo, Tunus, Uganda, Yeşil Burun, Zambiya, Zimbabve ^{(Category: tr:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Welsh

Etymology

From English Benin, from Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛˈnɪn/

Proper noun

Benin f

1. Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)

Derived terms

• Beninaidd (“Beninese”, adjective)
• Beniniad (“Beninese (man/woman)”)
• Gweriniaeth Benin (“Republic of Benin”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Benin	Fenin	Menin	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

• (countries of Africa) gwledydd Affrica; yr Aifft, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Bwrcina Ffaso, Bwrwndi, Cabo Verde, Camerŵn, Cenia, Comoros, 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, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Swdan, Tansania, Tiwnisia, Togo, y Traeth Ifori, Tsiad, Wganda ^{(Category: cy:Countries in Africa) [edit]}