bè

See also: Appendix:Variations of "be"

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French beurre.

Noun

bè

  1. butter

Corsican

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin bene, from Old Latin *duened, from Old Latin duenos. Cognates include Italian bene and French bien.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛ/

Adverb

bè

  1. well

Noun

bè m (uncountable)

  1. good

References

Guerrero Amuzgo

Numeral

bè

  1. two

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French beurre.

Noun

bè

  1. butter

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛ
  • Hyphenation: bè

Interjection

bè

  1. 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 Proto-Tai *beːᴬ (> Thai แพ (pɛɛ, “raft”)) and Old Chinese 簰 (OC *brê, “bamboo raft”). The sense of "cohorts" probably developed from the way bamboo stalks are tied together to make a raft.

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc, con) bè • (𣙨, 𤿤, 𥯤, 𬜛)

  1. (nautical) a raft (flat, floating structure)
  2. (only in compounds or fixed expressions, usually disapproving) a group of cohorts
    bè lũ tham ô
    greedy cronies; interest groups

See also

Derived terms
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