benna

See also: Benna

English

Alternative forms

Noun

benna (uncountable)

  1. (music, Antigua and Barbuda) A calypso-like genre of traditional music from Antigua and Barbuda.

Synonyms

Gaulish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bennā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-. Related to Old Irish buinne and Welsh ben, men (cart).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /benːaː/

Noun

bennā f

  1. carriage

Declension

Descendants

  • French: benne

Italian

Etymology

From Latin benna (carriage), from Gaulish benna (carriage).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛn.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnna
  • Hyphenation: bèn‧na

Noun

benna f (plural benne)

  1. bucket, grab

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish benna.

Noun

benna f (genitive bennae); first declension

  1. kind of carriage

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative benna bennae
Genitive bennae bennārum
Dative bennae bennīs
Accusative bennam bennās
Ablative bennā bennīs
Vocative benna bennae

References

  • benna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • benna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • benna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • benna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • benna”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • benna”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Maltese

Root
b-n-n
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَنَّة (banna). Compare Moroccan Arabic بنة (banna) and Libyan Arabic بنة (banna).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛn.na/

Noun

benna f (plural benniet)

  1. flavour
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