bien
French
adj
Definitions
- good, all right, great
- good looking, nice
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French bien inherited from Old French bien inherited from Latin bene (well, good).
Origin
Latin
bene
Gloss
well, good
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
井
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *bene venutus Latin
- bene Latin
- benedico Latin
- benedictus Latin
- benefacio Latin
- benefactōrem, benefactor Latin
- beneficus Latin
- beneplaceo Latin
- beneventus Latin
- bonus Latin
- perbene Latin
- qui bene amat, bene castigat Latin
- benché Italian
- bene Italian
- bengodi Italian
- benissimo Italian
- bensì Italian
- perbene Italian
- sebbene Italian
- strabene Italian
- bene French
- bienfaisant French
- bienheureusement French
- bienheureux French
- bientôt French
- bienveillamment French
- bienveillance French
- bienveillant French
- bienvenu French
- bienvenue French
- faisant French
- heureux French
- tôt French
- venu French
- venue French
- veuillant French
- bien Spanish, Castilian
- bienteveo Spanish, Castilian
- bienvenido Spanish, Castilian
- rebien Spanish, Castilian
- requetebién Spanish, Castilian
- superbién Spanish, Castilian
- también Spanish, Castilian
- *ters- Proto-Indo-European
- bem Portuguese
- bien Old French
- bientost Old French
- bienvenue Old French
- bé Catalan, Valencian
- bine Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- bein Norman
- bian Norman
- bien Middle French
- bienfaire Middle French
- tresbien Middle French
- ben Old Portuguese
- ghine Aromanian
- ghini Aromanian
- bagn Romansh
- bain Romansh
- bein Romansh
- bien Asturian
- ben Friulian
- ben Old Occitan
- beni Sicilian
- ben Venetian
- ben Volapük
- bin Dalmatian
- bien Ladino
- byén Ladino
- ביין Ladino
- byen Haitian, Haitian Creole
- byenvini Haitian, Haitian Creole
- byen Mauritian Creole
- bén Walloon
- bein Bourguignon
- ben Ladin
- beni Sardinian
- ben Istriot
- bè Corsican
- *duened Old Latin
- *duenēd Old Latin
- ben Interlingua
- byen Seychellois Creole