bi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bi"

Contents

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From bisexual.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /baɪ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: bye, buy, by

AdjectiveEdit

bi (not comparable)

1. (informal) Bisexual.

   I'm straight, but my oldest sister is bi.

Coordinate termsEdit

• pan, mono

TranslationsEdit

bisexual

• Dutch: bi (nl)
• Finnish: bi (fi), bisse (fi)
• French: bi (fr) m, f
• German: bi (de)

• Italian: bisex
• Japanese: バイ (ja) (bai)
• Portuguese: gilete (pt) m
• Swedish: bi (sv)

See alsoEdit

• bi-

Etymology 2Edit

Mandarin 璧 (bì)

PronunciationEdit

• (UK, US) enPR: bē, IPA^(key): /biː/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophones: b, be, Bea, bee

NounEdit

bi (plural bi)

1. A type of jade disk produced in ancient China.

See alsoEdit

• Bi (jade) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

AnagramsEdit

• IB, ib.

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BasqueEdit

Basque cardinal numbers

<  1	2	3  >
Cardinal : bi     Ordinal : bigarren

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

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NumeralEdit

bi

1. two

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BuraEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [bì]

NounEdit

bì

1. bin for grain storage

ReferencesEdit

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse bý, from Proto-Germanic *bijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰī-.

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -i
• Rhymes: -iː

NounEdit

bi c (singular definite bien, plural indefinite bier)

1. bee

InflectionEdit

Declension of bi

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bi	bien	bier	bierne
genitive	bis	biens	biers	biernes

See alsoEdit

• hveps c

VerbEdit

bi

1. imperative of bie

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DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From biseksueel.

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

  (file)

AdjectiveEdit

bi (invariable, comparative meer bi, superlative meest bi)

1. (colloquial) bisexual

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From bissexuel, or possibly directly from English bi

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /bi/

NounEdit

bi m, f (plural bis)

1. bi, bisexual person

AdjectiveEdit

bi (invariable)

1. bi, bisexual

Further readingEdit

• “bi” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [biː]

• Audio

  (file)

AdjectiveEdit

bi (not comparable)

1. (informal) bi

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GothicEdit

RomanizationEdit

bi

1. Romanization of 𐌱𐌹

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Guerrero AmuzgoEdit

AdjectiveEdit

bi

1. green

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Isthmus ZapotecEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ˈbì]

NounEdit

bi

1. wind

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ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin bē (the name of the letter B).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /bi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Stress: bì
• Hyphenation: bi

NounEdit

bi f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.; bee

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, kappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta

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JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

bi

1. Rōmaji transcription of び
2. Rōmaji transcription of ビ

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KalashaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Sanskrit बीज (bīja), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bíHĵam. Cognate with Konkani बी (bī) and Parachi bīz (“seed-corn”).

NounEdit

bi

1. a seed
2. semen
3. moth larva

Related termsEdit

• bíyak

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KurdishEdit

PrepositionEdit

bi

1. by
2. with

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Low GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Saxon bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /biː/

PrepositionEdit

bi

1. at, with

   Bi us is dat ümmer Feest.

   With us it's always a party.

2. by

   Wi wahnt in en Huus bi de Meer.

   I live in a house by the lake.

3. around, about (often in combination with üm)

   Dat weer üm bi so'n twintig Johr vör.

   It was about twenty years ago.

InflectionEdit

Pronominal adverbs of bi

preposition	bi
postpositional adv.	bi
+ her (hither)	—
+ düt (this)	hierbi
+ dat (that)	dorbi
+ wat (what)	wobi
+ wat (something)	enerwegens bi
+ nix (nothing)	nargens bi
+ allens (everything)	överall bi

AdverbEdit

bi

1. alongside, with
2. in order to adjust or improve

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MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

bi

1. Nonstandard spelling of bī.
2. Nonstandard spelling of bí.
3. Nonstandard spelling of bǐ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of bì.

Usage notesEdit

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Middle DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Dutch bi, from Proto-Germanic *bi.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /biː/

PrepositionEdit

bi

1. by, near, around
2. beside, alongside
3. at, with
4. among
5. during
6. by (the work of)
7. because of

AdverbEdit

bi

1. by, near, around

DescendantsEdit

• Dutch: bij
• Limburgish: bie

Further readingEdit

• “bi (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “bi (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “bi”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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Middle EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old English bi, from Proto-Germanic *bi.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiː/

PrepositionEdit

bi

1. by
   • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41

     And I seide, “Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe. And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge. And herfore grete men of kunnynge and other also drowen myche to him, and comownede ofte with him. And thei sauouriden so his loore that thei wroten it bisili and enforsiden hem to rulen hem theraftir… Maister Ion Aston taughte and wroot acordingli and ful bisili, where and whanne and to whom he myghte, and he vsid it himsilf, I gesse, right perfyghtli vnto his lyues eende. Also Filip of Repintoun whilis he was a chanoun of Leycetre, Nycol Herforde, dane Geffrey of Pikeringe, monke of Biland and a maistir dyuynyte, and Ioon Purueye, and manye other whiche weren holden rightwise men and prudent, taughten and wroten bisili this forseide lore of Wiclef, and conformeden hem therto. And with alle these men I was ofte homli and I comownede with hem long tyme and fele, and so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew. And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore whiche I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.”

DescendantsEdit

• English: by

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MirandeseEdit

VerbEdit

bi

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of ber: I saw.
   • 2011, Ana Afonso, L Princepico Chapter 1

     Quando you tenie seis anhos, bi ua beça ua eimaige mi guapa nun lhibro subre la floresta birge que se chamaba "Stórias Bibidas".

     • 1948 translation by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

       Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called True Stories from Nature, about the primeval forest.

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North FrisianEdit

NounEdit

bi f

1. (Mooring) bee

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NzadiEdit

PronounEdit

bǐ

1. we (first-person plural pronoun)

See alsoEdit

Nzadi personal pronouns

	singular	plural
1st person	mǐ`	bǐ
2nd person	yǎ`	byɛ̌n
3rd person human	ndé	bɔ̌
3rd person nonhuman	nɔ̌	mɔ̌

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Old DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *bi.

PrepositionEdit

bī

1. by, near
2. at, with

DescendantsEdit

• Middle Dutch: bi
  • Dutch: bij

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Old EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• be

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *bi (“near, by, around, about”), q.v.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /biː/

PrepositionEdit

bī

1. by, near, around, to, in, at, about, with
2. beside

DescendantsEdit

• Middle English: bi
  • English: by

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Old High GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *bi, whence also Old English bi.

PrepositionEdit

bī

1. by
2. at

DescendantsEdit

• German: bei
• Yiddish: בײַ‎ (bay)

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Old SaxonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *bi, whence also Old English bi.

PrepositionEdit

bī

1. by, near, to
2. beside

DescendantsEdit

• Low German: bi, by

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PortugueseEdit

AdjectiveEdit

bi (plural bi, comparable)

1. bisexual (sexually attracted to persons of either sex)

SynonymsEdit

• bissexual

NounEdit

bi m, f (plural bis)

1. bisexual (bisexual person)

SynonymsEdit

• bissexual

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ScotsEdit

PrepositionEdit

bi

1. by

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Scottish GaelicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish bí (imperative singular of at·tá), from Proto-Celtic *buyo-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-

VerbEdit

bi (past bha, future bidh, verbal noun bhith)

1. be, exist

InflectionEdit

Infinitive	a bhith
Imperative	bi
Present participle	a' bhith
Past participle	air a bhith

	Present tense	Past tense	Future tense	Conditional
Basic form	tha	bha	bidh/bithidh	bhithinn/bhiodh/bhiomaid
Dependent form	bheil	robh	bi	bithinn/biodh/biomaid
Impersonal form	thathar	bhathar	bithear	bhiteadh/bhite

Related termsEdit

• beò

MutationEdit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
bi	bhi
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See alsoEdit

• is

ReferencesEdit

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

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SolonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Tungusic *bi. Cognate with Evenki би (bi), Manchu ᠪᡳ (bi).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /bi/

PronounEdit

bi

1. I

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SpanishEdit

AdjectiveEdit

bi (invariable)

1. bi (bisexual)

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SwaziEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Nguni *-bí, from Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́ɪ̀.

AdjectiveEdit

-bí

1. bad
2. evil
3. ugly

InflectionEdit

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

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SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Swedish bī, bȳ, from Old Norse bý, from Proto-Germanic *bijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰī-.

NounEdit

bi n

1. bee

Usage notesEdit

• More rare spellings of the definite forms are bit/bits (singular) and bien/biens (plural). However, the spellings in the inflection box are the most common.

DeclensionEdit

Declension of bi
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bi	biet	bin	bina
Genitive	bis	biets	bins	binas

See alsoEdit

• bålgeting c
• geting c

Etymology 2Edit

AdjectiveEdit

bi

1. (informal) bisexual

Etymology 3Edit

AdverbEdit

bi (not comparable)

1. (in some fixed expressions) by

Related termsEdit

• stå någon bi

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Tok PisinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English bee.

NounEdit

bi

1. bee

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VietnameseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French bille.

PronunciationEdit

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɓi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɓɪj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɓɪj˧˧]

NounEdit

(classifier cục, hòn, viên) bi

1. a marble (spherical ball)
2. (billiards, snooker) a ball
3. (slang) a ball (testicle)

   Á! Dập bi tao rồi!

   Ow! Mah bawlls pahpped!

Derived termsEdit

• bút bi (“ball-point pen”)
• bi cái (“cue ball”)

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VolapükEdit

ConjunctionEdit

bi

1. because

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WelshEdit

NounEdit

bi

1. The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bi	fi	mi	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letter names) llythyren; a, bi, ec, èch, di, èdd, e, èf, èff, èg, èng, aets, i/i dot, je, el, èll, em, en, o, pi, ffi, er, rhi, ès, ti, èth, u/u bedol, w, ỳ

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XhosaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Nguni *-bí, from Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́ɪ̀.

AdjectiveEdit

-bí

1. bad
2. evil
3. ugly

InflectionEdit

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

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ZaghawaEdit

NounEdit

bi

1. water

ReferencesEdit

• Christopher Ehret, A Historical-comparative Reconstruction of Nilo-Saharan (2001, →ISBN

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ZhuangEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Tai *piːᴬ (“year”). Cognate with Thai ปี (bpii), Northern Thai ᨸᩦ, Lao ປີ (pī), Lü ᦔᦲ (ṗii), Shan ပီ (pǐi), Tai Nüa ᥙᥤ (pi), Ahom 𑜆𑜣 (pii), Bouyei bil.

PronunciationEdit

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /pi˨˦/
• Tone numbers: bi¹
• Hyphenation: bi

NounEdit

bi (old orthography bi, Sawndip forms 𭯌, 𭽨, 𭙂)

1. year
2. year old

SynonymsEdit

• nienz

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ZuluEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Nguni *-bí, from Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́ɪ̀.

AdjectiveEdit

-bi^?

1. bad
2. evil
3. ugly

InflectionEdit

Adjective concord, tone class H
	Modifier	Copulative
1st singular	engimubi	ngimubi
2nd singular	omubi	umubi
1st plural	esibabi	sibabi
2nd plural	enibabi	nibabi
Class 1	omubi	mubi
Class 2	ababi	babi
Class 3	omubi	mubi
Class 4	emibi	mibi
Class 5	elibi	libi
Class 6	amabi	mabi
Class 7	esibi	sibi
Class 8	ezimbi	zimbi
Class 9	embi	imbi
Class 10	ezimbi	zimbi
Class 11	olubi	lubi
Class 14	obubi	bubi
Class 15	okubi	kubi
Class 17	okubi	kubi

Derived termsEdit

• -bana
• isibi
• okubi
• ububi