"befo" meaning in All languages combined

See befo on Wiktionary

Verb [Catalan]

IPA: [ˈbe̞.fu] [Northern], [ˈbɛ.fo] [Balearic, Northwestern, Valencia], [ˈbɛ.fu] [Central]
Head templates: {{head|ca|verb form}} befo
  1. first-person singular present indicative of befar Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular Form of: befar
    Sense id: en-befo-ca-verb-fuWcfhrn Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Preposition [English]

Forms: befo' [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-head|prep}} befo
  1. (chiefly in representations of African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of before. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: before

Verb [Old English]

IPA: /beˈfoː/ Forms: befō [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|ang|verb form|head=befō}} befō
  1. inflection of befōn:
    first-person singular present indicative
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular Form of: befōn
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  2. inflection of befōn:
    singular present subjunctive
    Tags: form-of, present, singular, subjunctive Form of: befōn
    Sense id: en-befo-ang-verb-zKbfZu77 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53

Adjective [Spanish]

IPA: /ˈbefo/, [ˈbe.fo] Forms: befa [feminine], befos [masculine, plural], befas [feminine, plural]
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  1. alternative form of belfo Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: belfo

Inflected forms

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          "text": "She carried me to a young woman to nurse for her what she nursed at Mostor Wilks befo freedom.",
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          "text": "I use t'know when Mom was alive, befo Gramps brot me out here,\" Meersman replies in a delivery so flat as to make her seem not so much a bad actress as a nonactress.",
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        }
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        "Pronunciation spelling of before."
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        [
          "Pronunciation spelling",
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        ],
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          "before",
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}

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    "Old English non-lemma forms",
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/beˈfoː/"
    }
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}

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    "be‧fo"
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    {
      "parts": [
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        "Rhymes:Spanish/efo",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/efo/2 syllables",
        "Spanish 2-syllable words",
        "Spanish adjectives",
        "Spanish doublets",
        "Spanish entries with etymology texts",
        "Spanish entries with etymology trees",
        "Spanish entries with etymon",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
        "Spanish terms derived from Old Latin",
        "Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Spanish terms derived from Proto-Italic",
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}

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