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Albanian

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Verb

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bien

  1. third-person plural present indicative of bie

Asturian

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Etymology

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From Latin bene (“well”).

Adverb

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bien

  1. well
  2. a lot, very

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Basque

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Numeral

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bien

  1. genitive plural of bi

Chavacano

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Etymology

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Inherited from Spanish bien (“well”).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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bién

  1. (Zamboangueño) an intensifier used before adjectives to express a high degree; very; really
    Bien bonito man 'se!
    It looks so good!

Synonym: que

Noun

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bién

  1. (Zamboangueño) the good, sake
    Como mayores, para na bien ese de tuyo el cosa kame ta hace.
    As parents, what we do is for the better of you.

Synonyms: (Zamboangueño) bueno, buen

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Cornish

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Verb

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bien

  1. first-person singular/plural pluperfect indicative of bos (“to be”)
    Hebowgh ny vien vy omma.
    Without you I wouldn't be here.
    Hebowgh ny vien ni omma.
    Without you we wouldn't be here.

Mutation

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Mutation of bien
radical soft aspirate hard mixed
bien vien unchanged pien fien,
vien*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Danish

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Noun

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bien c

  1. definite singular of bi

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French bien, from Old French bien, from Latin bene (“well”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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bien (invariable, comparative meilleur)

  1. good, all right, great
  2. good looking, nice

Adverb

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bien (comparative mieux, superlative le mieux)

  1. well
    Ça va bien ? ― How's it going? (literally, “It goes well?”)
    Il joue vraiment bien au football.
    He plays soccer really well.
  2. indeed; so
    Synonym: alors
    Bien, on peut partir maintenant ?
    So, can we leave now?
  3. (followed by de, des, or du) a lot (of)
    Macy Gray a traversé bien des épreuves.
    Macy Gray got through a lot of ordeals.
  4. very; really
    C'est bien aimable à vous. ― it's very considerate of you.
    C'est bien beau, mais... ― It's all very well, but...
    Je te trouve bien silencieux aujourd'hui. ― You seem very quiet today.
    Il est bien moche, ce type. Ce type est vraiment moche. ― That guy is really ugly.
    • 2018, Zaz, “On s'en remet jamais”:
      Est-ce que les parfums s'évaporent, ou restent-ils dans notre tête comme ces étoiles qui brillent encore, mais qui sont bien loin de la fête ?
      Do the perfumes evaporate, or do they stay in our heads like these stars which still shine, but which are very far from the party?
  5. (in comparisons) much (more, less, better, etc.)
    Jérémie est bien plus fort que moi.
    Jérémie is much stronger than me.
    bien meilleur que […]
    much better than […]
  6. Used to confirm or ask for confirmation
    Tu as bien fermé les fenêtres ?
    Did you make sure to close the windows?

Usage notes

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  • The sense "very" is of restricted use; bien cannot be used interchangeably with très or fort in all contexts.

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Descendants

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  • Haitian Creole: byen
  • Mauritian Creole: bien

Noun

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bien m (plural biens)

  1. good as opposed to evil
  2. a commodity, a good
  3. a possession

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Descendants

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  • Haitian Creole: byen

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Japanese

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Romanization

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bien

  1. Rōmaji transcription of びえん

Ladino

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish bien from Latin bene (“well”), from Old Latin *duenēd, from duenos (“good”), which gave bonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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bien (Hebrew spelling ביין, plural bienes)

  1. good
  2. conforming to duty

Adverb

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bien (Hebrew spelling ביין)[1]

  1. well [ca. 1510[2]]
    Antonym: mal
    Coordinate term: bueno
    • 2002, Aki Yerushalayim‎[1], numbers 68-72, page 59:
      […] i no digas: fulano es fermozo i yo no, ke bien saves ke deske el ombre es muerto, ke no se kuenta salvo por animalia muerta.
      And don’t say: so and so is handsome and I’m not; you know well that since the man is dead that he doesn’t count except as a dead animal.

Noun

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bien m (Hebrew spelling ביין, plural bienes)[1]

  1. good; property; possession; assets; wealth; estate
    • 1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roş Aşana i Kipur‎[2], Craiova: Institutul Grafic, I. Samitca şi D. Baraş, Socieatate in Comandita, →OCLC, page 9:
      Sus enemigos, sus bienes, le rovaron.
      De su bien si artaron i la espujaron ¹)
      I con croeldades su corason razgaron
      I eia no abandona sus tradisiones.
      Termine la aniada i sus maldisiones.
      Her foes stole her properties. They were satiated with her property, [then] they engaged her, and they cruelly ripped her heart, [yet] she abandoned not her traditions. End the year and its curses.

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “bien”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim
  2. ^ Dov Cohen and Ora (Rodrigue) Schwarzwald (19 June 2019), “Coṃpendio delas šeḥiṭót (Constantinople ca. 1510): The First Judeo-Spanish Printed Publication”, in Journal of Jewish Languages, volume 7, number 1, Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 46, 48–9

Mauritian Creole

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From French bien.

Adjective

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bien

  1. good

Adverb

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bien

  1. well

References

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  • Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 187

Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French bien.

Adverb

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bien

  1. well (in a positive way; in a way that meets or exceeds expectations)
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Descendants

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References

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  • bien on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
  • Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “bien”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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bien m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of bie

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin bene.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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bien (comparative and superlative mielz or miex)

  1. well
  2. indeed (used for emphasis)

Noun

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bien oblique singular, m (oblique plural biens, nominative singular biens, nominative plural bien)

  1. possession; object of value
  2. good (as opposed to evil)
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Descendants

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Old Spanish

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Latin bene (“well”), from Old Latin *duenēd; derived from duenos (“good”) (which gave bonus), from Proto-Italic *dwenos.

    Adverb

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    bien

    1. well (efficiently)
      • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 79r.:
        La ſegunda es q̃ ſi beuiere om̃e della peſo duna dragma purga melanconia temprada miente ⁊ bien.
        The second is that if one were to drink of it the weight of one drachma, it purges black bile soon and well.
      • ca. 1300, anonymous, Tratado de agricultura de Ibn Bassal:
        E sienpre […] la asy como sienbran la simiente del albafaca. E rrieguen la muy bien.
        And always [missing word] it [i.e. pomegranate, milgrana] in the same way people scatter basil seeds. And water it very well.

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    References

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    • Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “bien”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume I, Chapel Hill, page 76

    Spanish

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Old Spanish bien, from Latin bene (“well”), Old Latin *duenēd, from duenos (“good”), which gave bonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈbjen/ [ˈbjẽn]
      • Audio:(file)
      • Rhymes: -en
      • Syllabification: bien

      Adverb

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      bien (comparative mejor, superlative (Latin America) biensísimo)

      1. well (adverbial form of bueno)
        Antonym: mal
        Toca bien el piano.
        He plays the piano well.
      2. well; fine; okay (state of being satisfied with the status quo)
        hasta aquí todo bien ― so far so good
      3. properly
      4. willingly
      5. (colloquial) very
        Synonym: muy
        Ya es bien tarde.
        It's so late already.
      6. as well
        Bien podrías acabar con ello temprano.
        You might as well get it over with early.

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      Adjective

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      bien m or f (masculine and feminine plural bienes)

      1. (postpositive, colloquial) well-to-do; affluent; wealthy; upper-class
        Amanda y Carlos vienen de una familia bien.
        Amanda and Carlos come from a well-to-do family.
      2. (postpositive, colloquial) exclusive; upscale; high-class
        Las colonias bienes están en las afueras de la ciudad.
        The upscale neighborhoods are in the city suburbs.

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      Conjunction

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      bien ... bien

      1. either ... or; whether ... or (used to express alternatives, but with the same result)
        Bien vayamos ahora o bien vayamos más tarde, mientras lleguemos todo bien.
        Whether we go now or later, as long as we get there it's fine.

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      Noun

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      bien m (plural bienes)

      1. good (as opposed to evil)
        Antonym: mal
        Es por el bien de toda la comunidad.
        It's for the good of the whole community.
      2. goodness
      3. good; better (substantive)
        para bien o para mal ― for better or for worse
        He vuelto para bien esta vez.
        I’m back for good this time.
      4. welfare; benefit
        Lo hice por tu bien ― I did it for your own good
      5. (in the plural) goods; property; possessions; assets; wealth; estate
        Una economía de bienes y servicios.
        An economy of goods and services.
      6. (dated) darling
        Synonyms: cariño, amor
        Despierta, mi bien.
        Wake up, my darling.

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      Volapük

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from German Biene, English bee.

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      Noun

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      bien (genitive biena, plural biens)

      1. bee
        • 1959, “Lak drenas”, in Volapükagased, number 2, page 7:
          Böd nonik kanitonöv / us lidi in yof e fred; / kriks, biens us vegonsöv / in seil de bled lü bled.
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      Further reading

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      • “bien”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)

      West Frisian

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      Etymology

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      From Old Frisian bēn

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      Noun

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      bien n (plural biennen, diminutive bientsje)

      1. bone
      2. leg

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      • “bien”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

      Zhuang

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      Etymology

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      From Mandarin 片.

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      bien (Sawndip form 𫭡, 1957–1982 spelling bien)

      1. slab, slice, sheet