bè

From French beurre.

bè

1. butter

• (adverb): ben
• (noun): bene

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ/

bè

1. well

bè m (uncountable)

1. good

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bè

1. two

From French beurre.

bè

1. butter

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

bè

1. Alternative form of beh

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.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛ˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɛ˨˩]

(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