bien — meaning in English
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English meaning
- belonging noun The feeling of being accepted and comfortable within a group or place.
- commodity noun A raw material or basic good that is bought and sold in bulk, such as oil, wheat, or gold.
- fine adj Of high quality; excellent.
- good adj Acting in a way that is kind, moral, or beneficial.
- merchandise noun Goods that are bought and sold as part of trade.
- OK adj All right; acceptable, permitted, or satisfactory.
- possession noun Something that a person owns.
- right adj Correct, true, or in accordance with fact or good judgment.
- tight adj Fitting closely, firmly fixed, or held firmly in place; not loose.
- well adv In a good, skillful, or satisfactory way.
Senses
bien is used for these senses in English:
- OK All right, acceptable, permitted.
- all right In good health, unharmed.
- all right Fairly well.
- all right Used as a general lead-in or beginning.
- aye aye, sir (idiomatic, nautical) The correct and seamanlike reply, onboard a Royal Navy (or US Navy) ship, on receipt of an order from someone of senior rank or authority. It means "I understand the command and hasten to comply with the order."
- belonging (countable, mostly, in the plural) Something physical that is owned.
- commodity (business) Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold. [from 15th c.]
- fine (informal) Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory.
belonging — full definition
- noun The feeling of being accepted and comfortable within a group or place.
- noun In the plural, personal possessions.
commodity — full definition
- noun A raw material or basic good that is bought and sold in bulk, such as oil, wheat, or gold.
- noun Something useful or valuable, especially something treated as an interchangeable product rather than something unique.