bé

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Etymology

Inherited from Latin bene.

Pronunciation

Adverb

bé

  1. well

Usage notes

  • The form ben is used when it precedes the adjective, adverb or verb form that it modifies, and bé is used in all other cases.

Derived terms

Noun

bé m (plural béns)

  1. good, valuable object
  2. satisfactory grade (at school)
  3. good (quality of being good)
  4. virtue

Related terms

Further reading

Czech

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

Interjection

bé

  1. baa (the cry of a sheep)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

bé n (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter B.
Derived terms
See also

French

Pronunciation

Noun

bé m (plural bés)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter B.

Further reading

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of bé – see 買 (“to buy; to purchase”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 買).

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

bé

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter B.
  2. (music) bemol, the sign ♭
    Hypernym: módosítójel
    Coordinate terms: kereszt, kettős kereszt, kettős bé, feloldójel
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative bé bék
accusative bét béket
dative bének béknek
instrumental bével békkel
causal-final béért békért
translative bévé békké
terminative béig békig
essive-formal béként békként
essive-modal — —
inessive bében békben
superessive bén béken
adessive bénél béknél
illative bébe békbe
sublative bére békre
allative béhez békhez
elative béből békből
delative béről békről
ablative bétől béktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		béé béké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		bééi békéi
Possessive forms of bé
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bém béim
2nd person sing. béd béid
3rd person sing. béje béi
1st person plural bénk béink
2nd person plural bétek béitek
3rd person plural béjük béik
Derived terms
Expressions

Etymology 2

Adverb

bé

  1. (poetic or dialectal) Alternative form of be (“in”)
Derived terms
  • bé- (verbal prefix, alternative form of be-)

See also

Further reading

  • (letter name): (1): b in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (adverb): bé in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • bé , partly redirecting to b and be in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

bé n (genitive singular bés, nominative plural bé)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter B.

Declension

declension of bé
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bé béið bé béin
accusative bé béið bé béin
dative béi béinu béum béunum
genitive bés bésins béa béanna

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bé, from Proto-Celtic *ben, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).

Noun

bé f (genitive singular bé, nominative plural béithe)

  1. (literary) woman, maiden
  2. beautiful woman
  3. muse (inspiration for artist)
Declension
Declension of bé

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bé béithe
Vocative a bhé a bhéithe
Genitive bé béithe
Dative bé béithe

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bhé na béithe
Genitive na bé na mbéithe
Dative leis an mbé

don bhé

leis na béithe
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Noun

bé

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter b.

See also

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bé bhé mbé
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *ben, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).

Noun

bé f

  1. (poetic) woman
    Synonyms: banscál, ben, frac
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Irish: bé

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

Verb

·bé

  1. second/third-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of at·tá

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
bé bé
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ 		mbé
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Interjection

bé

  1. (onomatopoeia) baa (cry of sheep)

Romagnol

Etymology

From Latin bibō, bibere.

Verb

bé

  1. to drink

Noun

bé m or f (invariable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter B.

See also

Tetum

Noun

bé

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter B.

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Old Chinese 庳 (*beʔ) (SV: ti, tì).

Pronunciation

Adjective

bé • (𡮣, 𡭬, 𡮤)

  1. small; little; tiny
    Synonym: nhỏ
  2. little; very young
    hồi bé ― when I/he/she/we was/were little

Derived terms

Derived terms

Noun

bé

  1. Short for em bé (“baby”).

Pronoun

bé

  1. you, little child
  2. (informal) you, young person
  3. (informal) you, young girl

See also

Xârâcùù

Pronunciation

Noun

bé

  1. brother
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