bé
See also: Appendix:Variations of "be"
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin bene.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈbe/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -e
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.
Derived terms
- ara bé
- ben bé
- benestar
- o bé
Noun
bé m (plural béns)
- good
Related terms
- bo, bon
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, 2023
- “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
Onomatopoeic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɛː]
Interjection
bé
- baa (the cry of a sheep)
Derived terms
- bečet
Noun
bé n
- The name of the Latin-script letter B.
Derived terms
- béčko
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) písmeno; á, bé, cé, dé, é, ef, gé, há, chá, í, jé, ká, el, em, en, ó, pé, kvé, er, es, té, ú, vé, dvojité vé, iks, ypsilon, zet
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be/
Noun
bé m (plural bés)
- The name of the Latin-script letter B.
Further reading
- “bé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbeː]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bé
- Rhymes: -beː
Noun
bé
- The name of the Latin-script letter 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) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
- kettős bé
Adverb
bé
- (poetic or dialectal) Alternative form of be (“in”)
Derived terms
- bé- (verbal prefix, alternative form of be-)
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 / 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’). 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’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pjɛː/
- Rhymes: -ɛː
Noun
bé n (genitive singular bés, nominative plural bé)
- The name of the Latin-script letter B.
Declension
declension of bé
| 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
- IPA(key): /bʲeː/
Noun
bé f (genitive singular bé, nominative plural béithe)
- (literary) woman, maiden
- beautiful woman
- muse (inspiration for artist)
Declension
Declension of bé
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
|
Derived terms
- bé choille (“nymph”)
- bé-iasc (“damselfish”)
- Bé (“Muse”)
- 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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 bé”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
- Entries containing “bé” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “bé” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Min Nan
| For pronunciation and definitions of bé – see 買 (“to buy; to purchase”). (This character, bé, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 買.) |
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʲeː/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *ben, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).
Noun
bé f
- (poetic) woman
- Synonyms: banscál, ben, frac
Derived terms
- bé carna (“harlot”)
Descendants
- Irish: bé
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms
- ·bǽ, ·bée
Verb
·bé
- second/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. | ||
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 bé”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- béé, bééé, béééé, etc.
Interjection
bé
- (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.
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) lètra; a, bé, cé, dé, e, ëffe, ge, àcca / àca, i, i lóng, càpa, ëlle, èmme, ènne, o, pé, cu, ërre, ësse, té, u, vé, dópi vé / dópi vu / vu dópi, ics, i gréc / ìpsilon, zéta
Tetum
Noun
bé
- The name of the Latin-script letter B.
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Old Chinese 庳 (*N-peʔ) (B-S) (SV: ti, tì).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛ˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛ˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛ˦˥]
Audio (Ho Chi Minh City) (file)
Adjective
bé • (𡮣, 𡭬, 𡮤)
- small; little; tiny
- Synonym: nhỏ
- little; very young
- hồi bé ― when I/he/she/we was/were little
Derived terms
Derived terms
- bé bỏng (từ láy)
- bé nhỏ
- bé tí
- bé tị
- bé xíu
- cô bé
- em bé
- nhỏ bé
Noun
bé
- Short for em bé (“baby”).
Pronoun
bé
- you, little child
- (informal) you, young person
- (informal) you, young girl
See also
- trẻ