benne

Other forms of benne

plural

bennes·

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 benne

What does benne mean?

benne means "East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil".

How many syllables are in benne?

benne has 1 syllable: benne. In IPA it is /ˈbɛn/.

What is another word for benne?

Close synonyms include sesame, benni, benny, Sesamum indicum. 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 benne a common word?

benne is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with benne?

1 word rhymes with benne. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.