perbene
See also: per bene
Italian
Etymology
From per + bene.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /perˈbɛ.ne/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛne
- Hyphenation: per‧bè‧ne
Adjective
perbene (invariable)
- respectable, decent
Adverb
perbene
- well, properly
References
- perbene in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Latin
Etymology
From per- + bene.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈper.be.ne/, [ˈpɛrbɛnɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈper.be.ne/, [ˈpɛrbene]
Adverb
perbene (not comparable)
- very well
References
- “perbene”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “perbene”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perbene in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- perbene in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- “perbene”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- “perbene”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly