"Benny" meaning in All languages combined

See Benny on Wiktionary

Proper name [Danish]

Head templates: {{head|da|proper noun|||g=|head=}} Benny, {{da-proper noun}} Benny
  1. a male given name borrowed from English; in Scandinavia often associated with Benedict which is traditionally more popular than Benjamin

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈbɛni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Benny.wav Forms: Bennys [plural], Bennies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛni Etymology: Clipping of Benjamin + -y. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|Benjamin}} Clipping of Benjamin, {{suffix|en||y|id2=diminutive}} + -y Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s|Bennies}} Benny (plural Bennys or Bennies)
  1. A nickname for a man named Benjamin.
    Sense id: en-Benny-en-name-5pGHISkr Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y (diminutive)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈbɛni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Benny.wav Forms: Bennys [plural], Bennies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛni Etymology: Clipping of Bernice; Bernadette Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|Bernice; Bernadette}} Clipping of Bernice; Bernadette Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s|Bennies}} Benny (plural Bennys or Bennies)
  1. A nickname for a woman named Bernice or Bernadette.
    Sense id: en-Benny-en-name-ej0QH4UP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈbɛni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Benny.wav
Rhymes: -ɛni Head templates: {{en-prop}} Benny
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Benny-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A community in Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada, named after W. W. Benny. Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Ontario, Canada, Villages in Canada, Villages in Ontario, Canada
    Sense id: en-Benny-en-name-dkAJpsFB Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 3 6 4 26 1 16 7 5 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 6

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbɛni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Benny.wav Forms: Bennies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛni Etymology: From the name of a dull-witted character, Benny Hawkins, in the British soap opera Crossroads. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Benny (plural Bennies)
  1. (British, slang) A stupid or dull-witted person. Tags: British, slang
    Sense id: en-Benny-en-noun-h6AqvDsp Categories (other): British English
  2. (British, slang) A temper tantrum. Tags: British, slang
    Sense id: en-Benny-en-noun-hhRy3tHu Categories (other): British English, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 3 6 4 26 1 16 7 5 32
  3. (British, slang) A native of the Falkland Islands. Tags: British, slang Synonyms: still
    Sense id: en-Benny-en-noun-BCxJyiug Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbɛni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Benny.wav Forms: Bennies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛni Etymology: From the name of Benjamin Franklin, whose portrait is on the bill. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Benny (plural Bennies)
  1. (US, slang) A one-hundred-dollar bill. Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-Benny-en-noun-b~cE-Lle Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbɛni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Benny.wav Forms: Bennys [plural], Bennies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛni Etymology: Clipping of eggs Benedict. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|eggs Benedict}} Clipping of eggs Benedict Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|+}} Benny (countable and uncountable, plural Bennys or Bennies)
  1. (informal) Synonym of eggs Benedict Tags: countable, informal, uncountable Synonyms: eggs Benedict [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-Benny-en-noun-svKlpSrz Categories (other): English diminutives of female given names, English diminutives of male given names, English entries with incorrect language header, English female given names, English male given names, English unisex given names, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Demonyms, English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of English diminutives of female given names: 4 8 2 23 3 15 7 6 33 Disambiguation of English diminutives of male given names: 5 6 2 23 3 14 7 6 34 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 1 25 2 17 7 6 36 Disambiguation of English female given names: 4 9 2 23 2 14 7 6 33 Disambiguation of English male given names: 6 6 2 23 2 14 7 5 35 Disambiguation of English unisex given names: 4 7 2 24 2 15 7 6 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 3 6 4 26 1 16 7 5 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 6 2 27 1 17 6 5 34 Disambiguation of Demonyms: 1 5 1 26 1 19 6 5 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Proper name [Swedish]

Forms: Bennys [genitive]
Head templates: {{head|sv|proper noun|genitive|Bennys|g=c|head=}} Benny c (genitive Bennys), {{sv-proper noun|c}} Benny c (genitive Bennys)
  1. a male given name borrowed from English Tags: common-gender

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "A temper tantrum."
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (92124b4 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.