🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

bénin

Pronunciation / Transliteration: benin

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
benign/bɪˈnaɪn/
adjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4520 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"La tumeur est bénigne."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Gentle and kind.

    "His benign expression put her at ease."
  2. 2

    (Of a disease) not harmful in effect; not malignant.

    "The tumor was diagnosed as benign."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Middle English: from Old French benigne, from Latin benignus, from bene 'well' + genus 'born' (i.e., of good birth or noble nature).

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