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Yes. The word bene is a Scrabble US word. The word bene is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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4-letter words (2 found)

BEEN,BENE,

3-letter words (6 found)

BEE,BEN,EEN,ENE,NEB,NEE,

2-letter words (4 found)

BE,EE,EN,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 13 words from bene according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of bene

bene ebne bnee nbee enbe nebe been eben been eben eebn eebn bnee nbee bene ebne nebe enbe eneb neeb eenb eenb neeb eneb

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Definitions and meaning of bene

bene

Etymology 1

From Middle English bene, from Old English bēn (“prayer, request, petition, favour, compulsory service”), from Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“supplication”). Cognate with Danish bøn (“prayer”), Swedish bön (“prayer”), Icelandic bæn (“prayer”), Icelandic bón (“request”). Related to ban. See also boon, bee.

Alternative forms

  • been (dialectal)
  • ben (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biːn/
  • Rhymes: -iːn
  • Homophones: bean, been

Noun

bene (plural benes)

  1. (now chiefly dialectal) A prayer, especially to God; a petition; a boon.
Related terms
  • beenship

Etymology 2

Noun

bene (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of benne (“sesame”)

Etymology 3

UK C16. Probably from Latin bene or Italian bene.

Alternative forms

  • ben, bien

Adjective

bene (comparative benar, superlative benat)

  1. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Good. [16th–19th c.]
Synonyms
  • See Thesaurus:good
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)

  1. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Tongue. [16th–18th c.]

References

  • [Francis Grose] (1788) “Bene”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, London: […] S. Hooper, […], →OCLC.
  • Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “bene”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volumes I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 107.
  • John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890) “bene”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume I, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons] […], →OCLC, pages 178–179.
  • Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang. Routledge, 1973. →ISBN.

Anagrams

  • Eben, NEbE, been, eben, neeb

Afrikaans

Noun

bene

  1. plural of been

Corsican

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛne/

Noun

bene m

  1. Alternative form of bè

References

  • https://infcor.adecec.net/

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eːnə

Verb

bene

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of benen

Anagrams

  • been

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bene.

Pronunciation

Adverb

bene

  1. Synonym of bien

Italian

Alternative forms

  • biene (archaic)
  • ben (apocopic)

Etymology

From Latin bene.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.ne/
  • Rhymes: -ɛne
  • Hyphenation: bè‧ne

Adjective

bene (invariable)

  1. upper-class, posh, high

Adverb

bene (comparative meglio, superlative benissimo)

  1. well, nicely, OK, right
    Antonym: male
  2. properly, correctly, rightly
    Synonym: correttamente
    Antonyms: erratamente, erroneamente
  3. thoroughly, carefully
    Synonyms: attentamente, minuziosamente
  4. as much as, as many as
    Synonym: valore di

Derived terms

Related terms

  • buono

Interjection

bene

  1. good!; fine!

Noun

bene m (plural beni)

  1. good
    Antonym: male
  2. (usually in the plural) goods, property, possessions, belongings, assets
    Synonyms: proprietà, possedimenti
  3. sake, good
    Antonym: male
  4. happiness
    Synonym: felicità
    Antonym: tristezza
  5. sweetheart, darling, love, bless someone's cotton socks
    Synonyms: amore, tesoro, amato
    Sei il mio bene! ― You are my sweetheart!
  6. asset

Derived terms

  • bene immobile
  • bene mobile
  • bene privato
  • bene pubblico
  • bene di stato

Further reading

  • bene on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin *duenēd, from duenos (“good”), which gave bonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbe.ne/, [ˈbɛnɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbe.ne/, [ˈbɛːne]

Adverb

bene (comparative melius, superlative optimē)

  1. well
    Antonym: male
  2. properly, exactly
  3. agreeably, favorably

Derived terms

  • benedīcō
  • benest ("it's okay")
  • benefaciō

Related terms

  • bonus

Descendants

References

  • “bene”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “bene”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • bene in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • bene in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • “bene”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎[3]
  • “bene”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Middle Dutch

Noun

bêne

  1. inflection of bêen:
    1. dative singular
    2. nominative/accusative/genitive plural

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • beane, beene, beyn, ben, bean

Etymology

From Old English bēan, from Proto-West Germanic *baunu, from Proto-Germanic *baunō. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English inflected forms.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛːn(ə)/

Noun

bene (plural benes)

  1. bean

Descendants

  • English: bean
  • Scots: bein, bene
  • Yola: beanès, beanes, baanès, baanes, banès (plural)

References

  • “bēn(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin bene (“well”). Compare Italian bene.

Adjective

bene

  1. well

Adverb

bene

  1. well

West Makian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbe.n̪e/

Noun

bene

  1. louse

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[4], Pacific linguistics

Source: wiktionary.org