Beninese
See also: beninese
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /bɛnɪˈniːz/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːz
Adjective
[edit]Beninese (comparative more Beninese, superlative most Beninese)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Benin, the Beninese people.
Translations
[edit]of, from, or pertaining to Benin
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Noun
[edit]Beninese (plural Beninese)
- (chiefly in the plural) A person from Benin or of Beninese descent.
- Hypernyms: African, sub-Saharan
- 2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), pages 147–148:
- “They wanted to know what part of Africa my parents hailed from,” Caesar said. “How was I to know? He said I had the nose of a Beninese.”
Usage notes
[edit]- As with other terms for people formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Beninese", "writing about Beninese cuisine as a Beninese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Beninese") or before a noun like person, man, or woman ("writing about Beninese cuisine as a Beninese person"). See also -ish, which is similarly only used primarily as an adjective or as a plural noun.
Translations
[edit]person
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Afrikaans
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Beninese
- attributive form of Beninees
Noun
[edit]Beninese
Categories:
- English terms suffixed with -ese
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/iːz
- Rhymes:English/iːz/3 syllables
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English indeclinable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:Benin
- en:Nationalities
- Afrikaans non-lemma forms
- Afrikaans adjective forms
- Afrikaans noun forms