bise

See also: Bise, bisé, biše, bìse, bìsè, and bísè

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɪs/

Noun

bise (countable and uncountable, plural bises)

1. Alternative form of bice (blue pigment)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French bise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːz/

Noun

bise (uncountable)

1. A cold, dry, northerly wind in France, Switzerland, etc.

Derived terms

• brise-bise

Further reading

• “bise”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• beis, ibes, Ibes, Bies, BIEs, Seib, ISEB, Sibe, EIBs

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biz/

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• Homophones: bisent, bises

Etymology 1

From Germanic, from Frankish *bîsi (“covered with clouds”), related to *bisa (“wind from the northeast”), from Proto-Germanic *bī̆s- (“to storm ahead”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to be afraid, fear”), see also Proto-Germanic *bibāną (“to shiver”).

Compare Walloon bijhe.

Noun

bise f (plural bises)

1. north wind; northeasterly (wind)
   • 1668, Jean de La Fontaine, “La Cigale & la Fourmy”, in Fables choisies, mises en vers:

     La Cigale ayant chanté / Tout l’Eſté, / Se trouva fort dépourvuë / Quand la biſe fut venuë.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “161-62”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 161-62

Etymology 2

From biser.

Noun

bise f (plural bises)

1. kiss (non-romantic kiss on the cheek)

Etymology 3

Inflected forms.

Adjective

bise

1. feminine singular of bis

Further reading

• “bise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “bise” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “bise” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.

Latvian

Noun

bise f (5th declension)

1. gun, rifle

See also

• šautene f

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀsay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbisɛ]

Noun

bise (Lontara spelling ᨅᨗᨔᨙ)

1. oar, paddle

Derived terms

• a'bise
• biseang

Portuguese

Verb

bise

1. inflection of bisar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology 1

See Spanish bis (“encore”).

Noun

bise m (plural bises)

1. encore

Etymology 2

Verb

bise

1. inflection of bisar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vice.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbise/ [ˈbiː.sɛ]
• Rhymes: -ise
• Syllabification: bi‧se

Adjective

bise (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜐᜒ)

1. vice (second in command)

   Synonym: pangalawa

Derived terms

• bise alkalde
• bise gobernador
• bise kansilyer
• bise konsul
• bise presidente
• bise rektor
• bise tesorero

 

Related terms

• birey

 

Noun

bise (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜐᜒ)

1. (colloquial) assistant; deputy

   Synonym: pangalawa

Further reading

• “bise”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Venetan

Noun

bise

1. plural of bisa