ben
The inner room of a two-room cottageThe inner room of a two-room cottage (as opposed to the but); the ben room.
» Ben put his hands in his pockets.
Ben steckte die Hände in die Taschen.
Бен сунул руки в карманы.
Бен засунув руки до кишень.
Meaning
8 senses(Northern England, Scotland)The inner room of a two-room cottage (as opposed to the but); the ben room.
A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben.
мориндо́вое ма́слоmorindóvoje máslo
The winged seed of the ben tree.
мори́нгаmorínga
The oil of the ben seed.
(capitalized, uncountable, usually)Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).
A Scottish or Irish mountain or high peak.
(obsolete)A prayer; a petition.
(UK, obsolete, slang)A benefit (performance to raise funds).
- a mountain or tall hill
Examples
54 sentencesBen put his hands in his pockets.
Бен засунув руки до кишень.
ruБен сунул руки в карманы.
deBen steckte die Hände in die Taschen.
He didn't doubt that Ben had something to do with the crime.
Він не сумнівався в тому, що Бен був причетний до злочину.
ruОн не сомневался, что Бен имеет какое-то отношение к преступлению.
deEr zweifelte nicht daran, dass Ben in irgendeiner Beziehung zu dem Verbrechen stand.
Ben was believed to be a criminal.
deBen wurde für einen Verbrecher gehalten.
Ben represents the engine of the story.
Ben is not as young as he looks.
deBen ist nicht so jung, wie er aussieht.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English ben, bene, from Old English bēn (“prayer, request, favor, compulsory sFrom Middle English ben, bene, from Old English bēn (“prayer, request, favor, compulsory service”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōni, from Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“supplication”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to say”). Related to ban. More at boon.
From Middle English ben, bene, variation of bin, binne (“within”), from Old English binnan (“within, in, inside of, into”), equivalent to be- + in.
From Middle English been, from Old French and Medieval Latin, probably from a North African pronunciation of Arabic بَان (bān, “ben tree”).
From Arabic بِن (bin) and Hebrew בן (ben, “son”).
Borrowed from Scots ben, benn, from Scottish Gaelic beinn.
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