"bienveillant" meaning in French

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Adjective

IPA: /bjɛ̃.vɛ.jɑ̃/, /bjɛ̃.ve.jɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-bienveillant.ogg Forms: bienveillante [feminine], bienveillants [masculine, plural], bienveillantes [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From bien (“well”) + veuillant (archaic present participle of vouloir; unrelated to veiller). Calque of Latin benevolēns. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|bien|veuillant|t1=well}} bien (“well”) + veuillant, {{m|fr|vouloir}} vouloir, {{m|fr|veiller}} veiller, {{calque|fr|la|benevolēns}} Calque of Latin benevolēns Head templates: {{fr-adj}} bienveillant (feminine bienveillante, masculine plural bienveillants, feminine plural bienveillantes)
  1. benevolent, kind Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: bénévolent [archaic]
    Sense id: en-bienveillant-fr-adj-ZLpVpMCn Disambiguation of Personality: 100 0 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Middle French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Middle French entries with incorrect language header: 30 37 29 4
  2. wholesome
    Sense id: en-bienveillant-fr-adj-Qo382Uyg Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Middle French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Middle French entries with incorrect language header: 30 37 29 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bénévole, bénévolence, bienveillance, bienveillamment

Inflected forms

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