bien
third-person plural present indicative ofbie FromLatin bene ( “ well ” ) .
bien
well a lot ,very bien
genitive plural ofbi bien c
definite singular ofbi Inherited fromMiddle French bien Old French bien Latin bene ( “ well ” ) .
bien (invariable comparative meilleur
good ,all right ,great good looking ,nice bien (comparative mieux superlative le mieux
well Ça vabien ? ―How's it going? (literally, “It goeswell ? ”)Il joue vraimentbien au football. He plays soccer reallywell . indeed ;so Synonym: alors Bien , on peut partir maintenant ?So , can we leave now?( followed by de ,des ,du ) a lot (of) Macy Gray a traversébien des épreuves. Macy Gray got througha lot of ordeals. very ;really C'estbien aimable à vous. ―it's very considerate of you. C'estbien beau, mais... ―It's all very well, but... Je te trouvebien silencieux aujourd'hui. ―You seem very quiet today. Il estbien moche, ce type. Ce type est vraiment moche. ―That guy isreally ugly. 2018 On s'en remet jamais :Est-ce que les parfums s'évaporent, ou restent-ils dans notre tête comme ces étoiles qui brillent encore, mais qui sontbien loin de la fête ? Do the perfumes evaporate, or do they stay in our heads like these stars which still shine, but which arevery far from the party? ( in comparisons ) much ( more, less, better, etc. ) Jérémie estbien plus fort que moi. Jérémie is much stronger than me. bien meilleur que[ …] much better than [ …] Used to confirm or ask for confirmation Tu asbien fermé les fenêtres ? Did youmake sure to close the windows? The sense "very" is of restricted use;bien cannot be used interchangeably withtrès fort bien m plural biens
good as opposed to evilacommodity , agood apossession bien
Rōmaji transcription ofびえん Inherited fromOld Spanish bien Latin bene ( “ well ” ) , fromOld Latin *duenēd duenos ( “ good ” ) , which gavebonus Proto-Italic *dwenos
bien (Hebrew spelling ביין plural bienes
good conforming toduty bien (Hebrew spelling ביין [ 1]
well [ca. 1510[ 2] Antonym: mal Coordinate term: bueno 2002 Aki Yerushalayim [1] 68-72 ,page59 :[ …] bien saves ke deske el ombre es muerto, ke no se kuenta salvo por animalia muerta.And don’t say: so and so is handsome and I’m not; you knowwell that since the man is dead that he doesn’t count except as a dead animal. bien m Hebrew spelling ביין plural bienes [ 1]
good ;property ;possession ;assets ;wealth ;estate 1910 Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roş Aşana i Kipur [2] →OCLC page 9 :Sus enemigos, susbienes , le rovaron.bien si artaron i la espujaron ¹)Termine la aniada i sus maldisiones. Her foes stole herproperties . They were satiated with herproperty ,[ then ] [ yet ] ↑1.0 1.1 “bien ”, inTrezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasure of the Judeo-Spanish Language , and English), Instituto Maale Adumim ^ Dov Cohen and Ora (Rodrigue) Schwarzwald (19 June 2019), “Coṃpendio delas šeḥiṭót (Constantinople ca. 1510): The First Judeo-Spanish Printed Publication”, inJournal of Jewish Languages , volume 7, number 1, Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV,→DOI →ISSN 46, 48–9 FromOld French bien
bien
well (in a positive way; in a way that meets or exceeds expectations)bien onDictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)Godefroy, Frédéric ,Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes duIX e auXV e siècle (1881)bien , supplement)bien m or f
definite masculine singular ofbie FromLatin bene
bien (comparative and superlative mielz or miex
well c. 1170 Chrétien de Troyes ,Érec et Énide "Oïl, mout m'an sovient ilbien . Yes, I remember it well indeed (used for emphasis)bien oblique singular , m oblique plural biens nominative singular biens nominative plural bien
possession ;object ofvalue good ( as opposed to evil ) Inherited fromLatin bene ( “ well ” ) , fromOld Latin *duenēd duenos ( “ good ” ) , which gavebonus Proto-Italic *dwenos
bien
well ( efficiently ) c. 1200 Fazienda de Ultramar f. 79r. :La ſegunda es q̃ ſi beuiere om̃e della peſo duna dragma purga melanconia temprada miente ⁊bien . The second is that if one were to drink of it the weight of one drachma, it purges black bile soon andwell . ca. 1300 , anonymous,
Tratado de agricultura de Ibn Bassal :
E sienpre [ …] la asy como sienbran la simiente del albafaca. E rrieguen la muybien . And always [missing word ] it [i.e. pomegranate ,milgrana well . Ralph Steele Boggset al. (1946 ), “bien”, inTentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish , volume I, Chapel Hill,page76 Inherited fromOld Spanish bien Latin bene ( “ well ” ) ,Old Latin *duenēd duenos ( “ good ” ) , which gavebonus Proto-Italic *dwenos
IPA (key ) : /ˈbjen/ [ˈbjẽn] Rhymes:-en Syllabification:bien bien
well ( adverbial form ofbueno ) Antonym: mal Tocabien el piano. He plays the pianowell . well ;fine ;okay ( state of being satisfied with the status quo ) hasta aquí todobien ―so far sogood properly willingly ( colloquial ) very Synonym: muy Ya esbien tarde. It'sso late already. as well Bien podrías acabar con ello temprano.You mightas well get it over with early. bien m or f masculine and feminine plural bienes
( postpositive , colloquial ) well-to-do ;affluent ;wealthy ;upper-class Amanda y Carlos vienen de una familiabien . Amanda and Carlos come from awell-to-do family. ( postpositive , colloquial ) exclusive ;upscale ;high-class Las coloniasbienes están en las afueras de la ciudad. Theupscale neighborhoods are in the city suburbs. bien m plural bienes
good ( as opposed to evil ) Antonym: mal Es por elbien de toda la comunidad. It's for thegood of the whole community. goodness good ;better ( substantive ) parabien o para mal ―forbetter or for worse He vuelto parabien esta vez. I’m back forgood this time. welfare ;benefit Lo hice por tubien ―I did it for your owngood ( in theplural ) goods ;property ;possessions ;assets ;wealth ;estate Una economía debienes y servicios. An economy ofgoods and services. ( dated ) darling Synonyms: cariño amor Despierta, mibien . Wake up, mydarling . “bien ”, inDiccionario de la lengua española Dictionary of the Spanish Language Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española ], 10 December 2024 “bien ”, inDiccionario panhispánico de dudas Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts Royal Spanish Academy ;Association of Academies of the Spanish Language ,2023 ,→ISBN “bien ”, inTesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española [Thesaurus of the Historical Dictionaries of the Spanish Language Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española ], launched 2021 «commodities», en español «materias primas» o «productos básicos» | FundéuRAE Borrowed fromGerman Biene English bee
bien (nominative plural biens
bee 1959 Volapükagased , number 2, page 7:Böd nonik kanitonöv / us lidi in yof e fred; / kriks,biens us vegonsöv / in seil de bled lü bled. (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation) 1 status as a case is disputed2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Terms derived frombien "bee"
FromOld Frisian bēn
bien n plural biennen diminutive bientsje
bone leg “bien ”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011 
