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bénignité

French, noun/be.ni.ɲi.te/

bénignité is a French feminine noun meaning “benignity, benignness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caractère de celui qui est bénin”.

What does bénignité mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininebenignity, benignness

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Caractère de celui qui est bénin. 2. Caractère d'une anomalie qui ne pose aucun danger pour la santé.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of bénignité

  • bénignités plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce bénignité?

  • /be.ni.ɲi.te/
  • \be.ni.ɲi.te\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to bénignité

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bénignité in French?

bénignité appears about once in every 27 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).