Benignant

Definitions: Benignant

Benignant

Adjective

1. Pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence; "a benign smile"; "the benign sky"; "the benign influence of pure air.

2. Characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects; "our benignant king".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "benignant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Etymology: Benignant \Be*nig"nant\, adjective. [from Late Latin expression benignans, present participle of benignare, from the Latin expression benignus. See Benign.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Benignant

Benevolence

Warm-hearted, kind-hearted, tender-hearted, large-hearted, broad-hearted; merciful; charitable, beneficent, humane, benignant; bounteous, bountiful.

Crosswords: Benignant

Albanian

zemërmirë (beneficent, benign, good hearted, kindhearted), zemërbutë (forgiving, mild, soft-hearted), i parrezikshëm (benign, harmless, innocuous, innoxious, safe), dashamirës (benevolent, benign, caring, chummy, sympathetic, well disposed, well meaning, well wisher, well-minded). (various references)

Arabic 

‏حميد, ‏غير خطر (foolproof, unharmed), ‏عطوف (appealing, good hearted, homely, humane, kind hearted, kindly, large-hearted, loving, matey, motherly, open-hearted, sympathetic, whole-hearted), ‏رؤوف (clement, graceful, gracious, merciful). (various references)

Bulgarian 

мек (balmy, benign, bland, creamy, cushiony, doughy, ductile, euphemistic, flabby, flaccid, floppy, genial, green, kindly, lambent, limp, medium, meek, mellow, melodious, melting, mild, pillowy, rich, round, silken, silver, soft, supple, tender, weak, well-padded, yielding), благ (avuncular, benign, charitable, dovelike, gentle, good tempered, gracious, kindly, mild, suave, sweet), плодороден (benign, corny, fat, fecund, fertile, fruitful, generous, hearty, plenteous, productive, prolific, rank, rich). (various references)

Czech

laskavý (affable, amiable, benevolent, benign, caring, charitable, decent, friendly, gentle, good, gracious, kind, kindly, neighborly, obliging, open-hearted, soft). (various references)

Danish

godartet (benign, non malignant). (various references)

Dutch

goedaardig (benign, good-hearted, harmless, kind, minor, non malignant, of no account, safe, unimportant). (various references)

Finnish

hyvälaatuinen (benign, non malignant). (various references)

French

bienfaisant (beneficent, benevolent, bestowed), bénin (benign, Benin, Republic of Benin, The People's Republic of Benin), plein de bonté (benevolent), gentil, affable (benign). (various references)

German

begnine (benign, non malignant), gutartig (benign, good natured, good-natured, non malignant), freundlich (affable, amicable, befriending, benign, benignly, boonly, bright, charitably, cheerful, companionable, companionably, congenial, cordial, cordially, favorable, favourable, friendly, genial, genially, gentle, good-natured, jovial, kind, kindly, Matey, pleasant, pleasantly, sociable, suave, suavely, sympathetic). (various references)

Greek 

καλοκάγαθοσ (benevolent, kind hearted, kindly), καλοήθης (benign, non malignant), φιλοφρόνασ. (various references)

Hebrew 

� �"יב לב (bounteous, bountiful, generous). (various references)

Hungarian

kegyes (gracious, large, lenient, pious, propitious). (various references)

Italian

benigno (benign, genial, innocent, innocuous), benevolo (affable, benevolent, benign, charitable, friendly, good-natured, gracious, humane, kind, kindly). (various references)

Manx

meiyghagh (tender). (various references)

Pig Latin

enignantbay

Portuguese

benigno (benign, boon, favorable reply, favourable reply, mercifulness, mild, propitious), favorável (advantageous, auspicious, benign, bright, favorable, favourable, fortunate, friendly, inclinable, propitious, prosperous). (various references)

Romanian

binevoitor (amiable, benevolent, bland, charitable, condescending, favorable, favourable, friendly, genial, genteel, gentle, good, good natured, gracious, humane, kind, kindly, lithe, nice, propitious, ungrudging, well disposed, well meaning, well wisher, yielding). (various references)

Russian 

великодушный (benign, big, bighearted, big-hearted, forgiving, generous, great-hearted, large-hearted, magnanimous, noble, noble-minded, open handed, open-hearted), милостивый (benign, gracious), благотворный (beneficent, beneficial, benign, salutary). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

povoljan (advantageous, auspicious, favorable, favourable, fortunate, trine, well appointed, well favored, well-favoured), ljubazan (affable, amiable, amicable, complaisant, debonair, kind, kind hearted, kindly, likable, likeable, lovable, nice, obliging, suave). (various references)

Spanish

benigno (benign, inoffensive, kind, kindly, mild, non malignant). (various references)

Swedish

benign (benign, non malignant), vänlig (affable, amiable, amicable, approachable, favorable, favourable, folksy, friendly, gentle, good, good-natured, gracious, kind, kindly, pally, smooth), välgörande (beneficent, beneficial, salutary), godartad (benign, non malignant, nonmalignant). (various references)

Turkish

yumuşak (bland, ductile, easygoing, effeminate, flabby, flaccid, floppy, gentle, heartthrob, kid glove, kindly, lax, lenient, light, limp, malleable, mellow, mild, pulpy, smooth, soft, soft boiled, spongy, supple, tender, velvet, yielding), yararlı (advantageous, beneficial, benign, efficacious, good, handy, healthful, healthy, helpful, of use, profitable, salubrious, salutary, sanative, sanatory, subservient, useful, wholesome), tehlikesiz (benign, innocuous, safe, uncritical), sevecen (affectionate, benign, caressing, compassionate, endearing, heartthrob, sisterly, tender), merhametli (charitable, christian, Clement, compassionate, gracious, lenient, merciful, pitiful, pitying, propitious, samaritan, softhearted, tenderhearted), iyicil (benign), iyi kâlpli (benign, bighearted, decent, good hearted, grandfatherly, great-hearted, kind, kind hearted, kindhearted, kindly, large-hearted, warmhearted, warm-hearted), faydalı (advantageous, beneficial, favorable, favourable, helpful, of use, profitable, rewarding, salutary, serviceable, useful, utilitarian, utility, valuable). (various references)

Ukranian 

прихильний (adherent, benevolent, favorable, favourable, propitious, wedded), доброзичливий (amiable, benevolent, boon, charitable, good natured, pious, sympathetic, well disposed, well-affected, well-willed). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "benignant": benignantly. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Benignant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Benigna, Bisignani, enangan, oeningen. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: anteing, antigen, banning, banteng, beaning, beating, gentian, tanning.

-3 letters: anting, baning, bannet, bating, benign, binate, eating, gannet, ingate, innate, nannie, tannin.

-4 letters: agent, anent, began, begat, begin, being, benni, binge, entia, giant, inane, tenia, tinea, tinge.

-5 letters: abet, agin, ante, anti, bait, bane, bang, bani, bate, bean, beat, bent, beta, bine, bint, bite, etna.

+2 letters: benignantly.

+3 letters: nonbreathing.

+4 letters: mountebanking, nonnegotiable.

+5 letters: intangibleness.

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