"benign" meaning in English

See benign in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /bɪˈnaɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-benign.wav Forms: benigner [comparative], more benign [comparative], benignest [superlative], most benign [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪn Etymology: From Middle English benigne, benygne, from Old French benigne, from Latin benignus (“kind, good”), from bene (“well”) + genus (“origin, kind”). Compare malign. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|benigne}} Middle English benigne, {{der|en|fro|benigne}} Old French benigne, {{der|en|la|benignus||kind, good}} Latin benignus (“kind, good”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} benign (comparative benigner or more benign, superlative benignest or most benign)
  1. Kind; gentle; mild. Translations (kind, gentle, mild): كَرِيم (karīm) (Arabic), لَطِيف (laṭīf) (Arabic), до́бър (dóbǎr) (Bulgarian), благ (blag) (Bulgarian), прия́тен (prijáten) (Bulgarian), мил (mil) (Bulgarian), любе́зен (ljubézen) (Bulgarian), benigne (Catalan), laskavý (Czech), vlídný (Czech), dobrotivý (Czech), goedaardig (Dutch), bénin (French), კეთილშობილი (ḳetilšobili) (Georgian), freundlich (German), gütig (German), liebevoll (German), αγαθός (agathós) [masculine] (Greek), καλοκάγαθος (kalokágathos) [masculine] (Greek), benignus (Latin), māhaki (Maori), benigne (Middle English), xweşmirov (Northern Kurdish), camêr (Northern Kurdish), qenc (Northern Kurdish), łagodny (Polish), benigno (Portuguese), blând (Romanian), до́брый (dóbryj) (english: kind) (Russian), любе́зный (ljubéznyj) (english: amiable) (Russian), мя́гкий (mjáxkij) (english: mild, e.g. of measures) (Russian), прия́тный (prijátnyj) (english: pleasant) (Russian), благоприя́тный (blagoprijátnyj) (english: favorable) (Russian), mierny (Slovak), prívetivý (Slovak), benigno (Spanish), tultuk (Turkmen)
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  2. (of a climate or environment) mild and favorable
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  3. (in combination) Not harmful to the environment. Tags: in-compounds
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  4. (medicine) Not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent. Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: non-malignant Translations ((medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant): բարորակ (barorak) (Armenian), zərərsiz (Azerbaijani), xətərsiz (Azerbaijani), доброка́чествен (dobrokáčestven) (Bulgarian), benigne (Catalan), nezhoubný [masculine] (Czech), benigní (Czech), neškodný (Czech), goedaardig (Dutch), benigna (Esperanto), hyvänlaatuinen (Finnish), bénin (French), კეთილთვისებიანი (ḳetiltvisebiani) (Georgian), gutartig (German), καλοήθης (kaloḯthis) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), jóindulatú (Hungarian), benigno (Italian), доброќуден (dobroḱuden) (Macedonian), ngū (Maori), godartet (Norwegian Bokmål), godarta (Norwegian Nynorsk), خوشخیم (xoš-xim) (Persian), łagodny (Polish), nieszkodliwy (Polish), benigno (Portuguese), benign (med.) (Romanian), доброка́чественный (dobrokáčestvennyj) (note: of good quality) (Russian), nezhubný (Slovak), benigno (Spanish), godartad (Swedish), benign (Swedish), zyýansyz (Turkmen), доброя́кісний (dobrojákisnyj) (Ukrainian)
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      "word": "māhaki"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "barorak",
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      "word": "բարորակ"
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      "code": "az",
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      "word": "доброка́чествен"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "hyvänlaatuinen"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "bénin"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "ḳetiltvisebiani",
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      "word": "კეთილთვისებიანი"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "word": "gutartig"
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      "code": "el",
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      "word": "godartet"
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      "code": "nn",
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      "word": "godarta"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xoš-xim",
      "sense": "(medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant",
      "word": "خوشخیم"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "(medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant",
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "of good quality",
      "roman": "dobrokáčestvennyj",
      "sense": "(medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant",
      "word": "доброка́чественный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "(medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant",
      "word": "nezhubný"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant",
      "word": "benigno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant",
      "word": "godartad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant",
      "word": "benign"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "(medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant",
      "word": "zyýansyz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dobrojákisnyj",
      "sense": "(medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant",
      "word": "доброя́кісний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "benign"
}

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