inglese

benign

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(Inglese)

  1. Kind; gentle; mild.
  2. mild and favorable
  3. (in-compounds) Not harmful to the environment.
  4. Not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent.

Opposto di
malignant
Frequenza

C2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/bɪˈnaɪn/
Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio
benigne
In summary

From Middle English benigne, benygne, from Old French benigne, from Latin benignus (“kind, good”), from bene (“well”) + genus (“origin, kind”). Compare malign.

Related words
harmless seemingly remarkably downright destructive frightening threatening

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