benin

Other forms of benin

plural

benins·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about benin

What does benin mean?

benin means "a country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control".

How many syllables are in benin?

benin has 2 syllables: be-nin. The stress falls on "be". In IPA it is /ˈbinɪn/.

What is another word for benin?

Close synonyms include Republic of Benin, Dahomey. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is benin a common word?

benin is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.