bé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "be"

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin bene.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbe/

Adverb

bé

well

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.

Noun

bé m (plural béns)

good

Czech

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbɛː]

Interjection

bé

baa (the cry of a sheep)

Derived terms

bečet

Etymology 2

Noun

bé n

The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.

Derived terms

béčko

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /be/

Noun

bé m (plural bés)

The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbeː]
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: bé

Adverb

bé

(poetic) in, poetic variant of be

Noun

bé

The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pjɛː/
Rhymes: -ɛː

Noun

bé n (genitive singular bés, nominative plural bé)

The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.

Declension

declension of bé

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
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

Noun

bé f (genitive singular bé, nominative plural béithe)

(literary) woman, maiden
Na naoi mbéithe ― The nine muses

bé choille ― nymph

Declension

Declension of bé

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bé	béithe
Vocative	a bhé	a bhéithe
Genitive	bé	béithe
Dative	bé	béithe

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bhé	na béithe
Genitive	na bé	na mbéithe
Dative	leis an mbé don bhé	leis na béithe

Related Terms

bean

References

"bé" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bʲeː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *ben, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).

Noun

bé f

(poetic) woman

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

Derived terms

bé carna (“harlot”)

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Alternative forms

·bǽ
·bée

Verb

·bé

second-person and third-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of at·tá

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
bé	bé pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/	mbé
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

béé, bééé, béééé, etc.

Interjection

bé

(onomatopoeia) baa (cry of sheep)

Romagnol

Etymology

From Latin bibo, bibere.

Verb

bé

to drink

Tetum

Noun

bé

The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɓɛ˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɓɛ˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɓɛ˦˥]

Adjective

bé (𡮣, 𡭬, 𡮤) (fully reduplicated form be bé)

small, little, tiny

Synonyms

nhỏ
tiểu

Derived terms

Terms derived from bé

bé bỏng
bé nhỏ
bé tí

bé tị
bé xíu

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