perbene

See also: per bene

Italian

Alternative forms

• per bene (less common)

Etymology

From per +‎ bene.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /perˈbɛ.ne/
• Rhymes: -ɛne
• Hyphenation: per‧bè‧ne

Adjective

perbene (invariable)

1. respectable, decent

Adverb

perbene

1. well, properly

Further reading

• perbene in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From per- +‎ bene.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈper.be.ne/, [ˈpɛrbɛnɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.be.ne/, [ˈpɛrbene]

Adverb

perbene (not comparable)

1. very well

References

• “perbene”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “perbene”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• perbene in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• perbene in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• “perbene”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[2]
• “perbene”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly