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Beninese
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beninese
English
Alternative forms
en Beninoise
Etymology
en :af Benin -ese + 1
Pronunciation
en /bɛnɪˈniːz/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Beninese.wav Southern England
en iːz 3
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Benin, the Beninese people.
Translations
of, from, or pertaining to Benin
Afrikaans: af Beninees
Asturian: ast beninés
Catalan: ca beninès
Czech: cs beninský
Dutch: nl Benins
Finnish: fi beniniläinen
French: fr béninois
Galician: gl beninés
German: de beninisch
Hungarian: hu benini
Icelandic: is benínskur
Marathi: mr बेनिनी
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb beninsk
Nynorsk: nn beninsk
Polish: pl beniński m
Portuguese: pt beninense, pt beninês m
Romanian: ro beninez
Russian: ru бени́нский
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh бе̏нинскӣ
Latin: sh bȅninskī
Spanish: es beninés
Swedish: sv beninsk
Ukrainian: uk бені́нський
Noun
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en chiefly in the plural A person from Benin or of Beninese descent.
en African sub-Saharan
en 2016 w:Colson Whitehead The Underground Railroad Fleet (2017) 147–148 “They wanted to know what part of Africa my parents hailed from,” Caesar said. “How was I to know? He said I had the nose of a Beninese.”
Usage notes
Translations
person
Afrikaans: af Beninees
Asturian: ast beninés m, ast beninesa f
Belarusian: be бенінец m, be бенінка f
Catalan: ca beninès m
Czech: cs Beninec m
Dutch: nl Beniner m, nl Beninse f
Finnish: fi beniniläinen
French: fr Béninois m, fr Béninoise f
Galician: gl beninés
German: de Beniner m, de Beninerin f
Hungarian: hu benini
Icelandic: is Beníni m
Italian: it beninese m f
Marathi: mr बेनिनी
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb beniner m
Nynorsk: nn beninar m
Polish: pl Benińczyk m-pr, pl Beninka f
Portuguese: pt beninense m f, pt beninês m, pt beninesa f
Romanian: ro beninez m, ro benineză f
Russian: ru бени́нец m, ru бени́нка f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Бени́нац m, sh Бенинка f
Latin: sh Benínac m, sh Beninka f
Spanish: es beninés m, es beninesa f
Swedish: sv beninier c, sv beninska c
Turkish: tr Beninli
Ukrainian: uk бенінець m, uk бенінка f
en Benin Nationalities
Afrikaans
Adjective
af adjective form
af Beninees
Noun
af noun form
af Beninees