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benign

/bɪˈnaɪn/bih-NYN
/bɪˈnaɪn/bih-NYN

Meaningkind

Common meaning: gentle or harmless

Journey through time

  1. Latinbenignus‘kind’source
  2. Old Frenchbenigne‘kind’source
  3. Frenchbenignesource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftskind → gentle or harmlessbenign‘gentle or harmless’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin benignus ‘kind’.

Roots

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