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Italian
Etymology
From Latin benignus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beˈniɲ.ɲo/
- Rhymes: -iɲɲo
- Hyphenation: be‧nì‧gno
Adjective
benigno (feminine benigna, masculine plural benigni, feminine plural benigne)
- benign
- kindly
- (oncology) benign
- Antonym: maligno
Further reading
- benigno in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- benigno in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- benigno in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- benigno in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- benìgno in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- benigno in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- benigno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
benignō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of benignus
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin benignus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /beˈni.ɡi.nu/, /beˈniɡ.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /beˈniɡ.no/, /beˈni.ɡi.no/
Adjective
benigno (feminine benigna, masculine plural benignos, feminine plural benignas)
- benign (kind, gentle, mild)
- Antonym: maligno
- (medicine) benign (not posing any serious threat to health)
- Antonym: maligno
Further reading
- “benigno”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “benigno”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “benigno” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “benigno”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “benigno”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “benigno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From bènīgan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /běniːɡno/
- Hyphenation: be‧nig‧no
Adverb
bènīgno (Cyrillic spelling бѐнӣгно)
- benignly
References
- “benigno”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin benignus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beˈniɡno/
- Rhymes: -iɡno
- Syllabification: be‧nig‧no
Adjective
benigno (feminine benigna, masculine plural benignos, feminine plural benignas)
- benign
Further reading