bé
See also: Appendix:Variations of "be"
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
bé
Usage notes
The form ben is used when it precedes the adjective, adverb or verb form that it modifies, and bé is used in all other cases.
Derived terms
Noun
bé m (plural béns)
Related terms
Further reading
- “bé” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “bé”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “bé” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “bé” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Interjection
bé
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
bé n
- The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.
Derived terms
See also
French
Pronunciation
Noun
bé m (plural bés)
- The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.
Further reading
- “bé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
bé
- The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.
- (music) bemol, the sign ♭
- Coordinate terms: kereszt, kettős kereszt, kettős bé, feloldójel
- Hypernym: módosítójel
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | bé | bék |
accusative | bét | béket |
dative | bének | béknek |
instrumental | bével | békkel |
causal-final | béért | békért |
translative | bévé | békké |
terminative | béig | békig |
essive-formal | béként | békként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | bében | békben |
superessive | bén | béken |
adessive | bénél | béknél |
illative | bébe | békbe |
sublative | bére | békre |
allative | béhez | békhez |
elative | béből | békből |
delative | béről | békről |
ablative | bétől | béktől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
béé | béké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
bééi | békéi |
Possessive forms of bé | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | bém | béim |
2nd person sing. | béd | béid |
3rd person sing. | béje | béi |
1st person plural | bénk | béink |
2nd person plural | bétek | béitek |
3rd person plural | béjük | béik |
Derived terms
Expressions
Etymology 2
Adverb
bé
Derived terms
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) betű; a, á, bé, cé, csé, dé, dzé, dzsé, e, é, eff, gé, gyé, há, i, í, jé, ká, ell, ellipszilon / elly / ejj, emm, enn, enny, o, ó, ö, ő, pé, kú, err, ess, essz, té, tyé, u, ú, ü, ű, vé, dupla vé / vevé, iksz, ipszilon, zé, zsé. (See also: Latin script letters.)
Further reading
- (letter name): (1): b in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (adverb): bé in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Noun
bé n (genitive singular bés, nominative plural bé)
- The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.
Declension
Declension of bé | ||||
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n-s | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bé | béið | bé | béin |
accusative | bé | béið | bé | béin |
dative | béi | béinu | béum | béunum |
genitive | bés | bésins | béa | béanna |
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish bé, from Proto-Celtic *ben, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bé f (genitive singular bé, nominative plural béithe)
Declension
Declension of bé
Derived terms
- bé choille (“nymph”)
- Bé (“Muse”)
- bé-iasc (“damselfish”)
- folt bé (“maidenhair”)
Related terms
- bean (“woman”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bé | bhé | mbé |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bé”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bé”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bé”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “bé”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Min Nan
For pronunciation and definitions of bé – see 買 (“to buy; to purchase”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 買). |
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *ben, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).
Noun
bé f
Derived terms
- bé carna (“harlot”)
Descendants
- Irish: bé
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms
Verb
·bé
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
bé | bé pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
mbé |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bé”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Interjection
- (onomatopoeia) baa (cry of sheep)
Romagnol
Etymology
From Latin bibō, bibere.
Verb
bé
- to drink
Noun
bé m or f (invariable)
- The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.
See also
Tetum
Noun
bé
- The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Old Chinese 庳 (*N-peʔ) (B-S) (SV: ti, tì).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛ˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛ˨˩˦]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛ˦˥]
Audio (Ho Chi Minh City): (file)
Adjective
Derived terms
Derived terms
Noun
bé
Pronoun
bé
See also
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