bénin
French, adjective/be.nɛ̃/
bénin is a French adjective meaning “benign” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Doux et bienveillant”.
What does bénin mean in English?
adjective
- 1
benign
tumeur bénigne
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Doux et bienveillant. 2. Trop bon, dont la tolérance tourne à la faiblesse. 3. Propice, favorable. 4. Qui n’est pas alarmant.
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 bénin
- bénigne feminine
- bénins masculine plural
- bénignes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bénin?
- /be.nɛ̃/
- \be.nɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bénin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bénin in French?
bénin appears 4.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).