ben C2+ Topic:Nature & Landscape US /bɛn/ UK /bɛn/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like ban /ɛ/ vs /æ/ Sounds like Venn /v/ vs /b/ Meanings 1 noun a high mountain or peak, especially in Scotland They climbed the snow-capped ben before noon. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a high mountain or peak,... mountainpeaksummitmount ↔ Opposites valleyglen Etymology AI details From Scottish Gaelic beinn ('mountain'), from Old Irish benn ('peak, horn'), from Proto-Celtic *bennā. beinn Old Norse *bennā Proto-Celtic View etymology graph -> Topics Nature & Landscape External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # ben **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /bɛn/ **IPA (UK):** /bɛn/ ## Meanings 1. a high mountain or peak, especially in Scotland ## Examples - They climbed the snow-capped ben before noon. ## Synonyms - mountain - peak - summit - mount ## Antonyms - valley - glen ## Roots and Affixes - Root: beinn - Root: *bennā ## Etymology From Scottish Gaelic beinn ('mountain'), from Old Irish benn ('peak, horn'), from Proto-Celtic *bennā. ## AI Etymology Ben comes from Scottish Gaelic beinn ('mountain'), from Old Irish benn ('peak, horn'), from Proto-Celtic *bennā. The historical trail runs through beinn in Scottish Gaelic and *bennā in Proto-Celtic. Used as a noun, ben now means "a high mountain or peak, especially in Scotland", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English. ## Topics - Nature & Landscape markdown