bè
See also: Appendix:Variations of "be"
Antillean Creole
Etymology
From French beurre.
Noun
bè
- butter
Corsican
Etymology
From Latin bene.
Adverb
bè
- well
Guerrero Amuzgo
Numeral
bè
- two
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛ/
- Rhymes: -ɛ
Interjection
bè
- Alternative form of beh
Vietnamese
Etymology
Having cognates throughout Mon-Khmer (all borrowed ?), akin to Laven/bɛː/ ("raft"), Khasi bùr (“raft”), Mlabri /bɛː/ ("raft"), Nyah Kur [phɛ̀ɛ] ("raft") and Lamet /pheː/ ("raft"). See also Thai แพ (pɛɛ, “raft”) and Chinese 簰 (“bamboo raft”). The sense of "cohorts" probably developed from the way bamboo stalks are tied together to make a raft.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛ˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛ˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛ˨˩]
Noun
(classifier cái, chiếc, con) bè (𣙨, 𤿤, 𥯤, 𬜛)
- (nautical) a raft (flat, floating structure)
- (only in compounds or fixed expressions, usually disapproving) a group of cohorts
- bè lũ tham ô
- greedy cronies; interest groups
See also
Derived terms
- bạn bè
- bè bạn
- bè lũ
- bè phái
- chia bè kết phái
- hát bè