benign

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /bɪˈnaɪn/
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• Australian: /bɪˈnɑen/
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From Middle English benigne, benygne, from Old French benigne, from Latin benignus (“kind, good”), from bene (“well”) + genus (“origin, kind”). Compare malign.

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: كَرِيم (karīm) — kind, gentle, mild
• Arabic: لَطِيف (laṭīf) — kind, gentle, mild
• Bulgarian: до́бър (dóbǎr) — kind, gentle, mild
• Bulgarian: благ (blag) — kind, gentle, mild
• Bulgarian: прия́тен (prijáten) — kind, gentle, mild
• Bulgarian: мил (mil) — kind, gentle, mild
• Bulgarian: любе́зен (ljubézen) — kind, gentle, mild
• Catalan: benigne — kind, gentle, mild
• Chinese Mandarin: 和藹 /和蔼 (hé'ǎi) — kind, gentle, mild
• Chinese Mandarin: 溫和 /温和 (wēnhé) — kind, gentle, mild
• Chinese Mandarin: 善良 (shànliáng) — kind, gentle, mild
• Czech: laskavý — kind, gentle, mild
• Czech: vlídný — kind, gentle, mild
• Czech: dobrotivý — kind, gentle, mild
• Dutch: goedaardig — kind, gentle, mild
• Finnish: ystävällinen — kind, gentle, mild
• French: bénin — kind, gentle, mild
• Georgian: კეთილშობილი (ḳetilšobili) — kind, gentle, mild
• German: freundlich — kind, gentle, mild
• German: gütig — kind, gentle, mild
• German: liebevoll — kind, gentle, mild
• Greek: αγαθός (agathós) — kind, gentle, mild
• Greek: καλοκάγαθος (kalokágathos) — kind, gentle, mild
• Northern Kurdish: xweşmirov — kind, gentle, mild
• Northern Kurdish: camêr — kind, gentle, mild
• Northern Kurdish: qenc — kind, gentle, mild
• Latin: benignus — kind, gentle, mild
• Māori: māhaki — kind, gentle, mild
• Middle English: benigne — kind, gentle, mild
• Polish: łagodny — kind, gentle, mild
• Portuguese: benigno — kind, gentle, mild
• Romanian: blând — kind, gentle, mild
• Russian: до́брый (dóbryj) — kind, gentle, mild
• Russian: любе́зный (ljubéznyj) — kind, gentle, mild
• Russian: мя́гкий (mjáxkij) — kind, gentle, mild
• Russian: прия́тный (prijátnyj) — kind, gentle, mild
• Russian: благоприя́тный (blagoprijátnyj) — kind, gentle, mild
• Slovak: mierny — kind, gentle, mild
• Slovak: prívetivý — kind, gentle, mild
• Spanish: benigno — kind, gentle, mild
• Turkmen: tultuk — kind, gentle, mild
• Chinese Mandarin: 溫和 /温和 (wēnhé) — (of a climate or environment) mild and favorable
• Chinese Mandarin: 宜人 (yírén) — (of a climate or environment) mild and favorable
• Finnish: lauhkea — (of a climate or environment) mild and favorable
• Chinese Mandarin: 無害 /无害 (wúhài) — (in combination) not harmful to the environment
• Finnish: ystävällinen — (in combination) not harmful to the environment
• Armenian: բարորակ (barorak) — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Azerbaijani: zərərsiz — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Azerbaijani: xətərsiz — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Bulgarian: доброка́чествен (dobrokáčestven) — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Catalan: benigne — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Chinese Mandarin: 良性 (liángxìng) — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Chinese Mandarin: 無害 /无害 (wúhài) — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Czech: nezhoubný — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Czech: benigní — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Czech: neškodný — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Dutch: goedaardig — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Esperanto: benigna — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Finnish: hyvänlaatuinen — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• French: bénin — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Georgian: კეთილთვისებიანი (ḳetiltvisebiani) — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• German: gutartig — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Greek: καλοήθης (kaloḯthis) — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Hungarian: jóindulatú — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Hungarian: benignus — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Italian: benigno — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Lithuanian: gerybinis — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Macedonian: доброќуден (dobroḱuden) — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Māori: ngū — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Norwegian Bokmål: godartet — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Norwegian Nynorsk: godarta — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Persian: خوشخیم (xoš-xim) — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Polish: łagodny — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Polish: nieszkodliwy — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Portuguese: benigno — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Romanian: benign (med.) — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Russian: доброка́чественный (dobrokáčestvennyj) — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Slovak: nezhubný — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Spanish: benigno — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Swedish: godartad — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Swedish: benign — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Turkmen: zyýansyz — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant
• Ukrainian: доброя́кісний (dobrojákisnyj) — (medicine) not posing any serious threat to health — see also malignant