See also: biché

French edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /biʃ/
  • (file)

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Middle French biche, from Old French biche (doe, female deer) and bisse (wild animal), of uncertain origin and relation. The form bisse is almost certainly from Vulgar Latin bīstia, variant of Latin bēstia (compare bête); however, the contemporary biche is an enigma, and possibly unrelated. It may be the Picard or Norman form of bisse, (compare chent for cent) or may share origin with Middle French bique (nanny-goat), believed to be derived from Proto-Germanic *bik (goat) or perhaps related to Icelandic bikkja (old mare, nag). More at bouc.

Noun edit

biche f (plural biches)

  1. doe, hind
    1. (Canada, Métis) wapiti (elk)
  2. darling, sweetheart (affectionate name for one's girlfriend)
  3. cutie
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Inflected forms.

Verb edit

biche

  1. inflection of bicher:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading edit

Italian edit

Noun edit

biche f

  1. plural of bica

Middle English edit

Noun edit

biche

  1. Alternative form of bicche

Norman edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Anglo-Norman biche (bitch, female dog, doe, hind), from Middle English bicche (bitch). Cognate with French bique (female goat, horse, old woman), Icelandic bikkja (mare, nag), English bitch.

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Noun edit

biche f (plural biches)

  1. (Jersey) goat
  2. (Jersey) drunk woman

Coordinate terms edit

Derived terms edit

Old French edit

Noun edit

biche oblique singularf (oblique plural biches, nominative singular biche, nominative plural biches)

  1. Alternative form of bisse

Portuguese edit

Verb edit

biche

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

Rendille edit

Etymology edit

Cognate to Somali biyo.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

biche

  1. water

Further reading edit

  • Günther Schlee, Karaba Sahado, Rendille Proverbs in their Social and Legal Context (2002), page 92: biche
  • Günther Schlee, Some open problems of Rendille grammar (1978), page 64: biche
  • Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, volume 10, page 199: bice
  • Harold C Fleming, Baiso and Rendille: Somali Outliers: biče'
  • Hans-Jürgen Sasse, The Consonant Phonèmes of Proto-East Cushitic (PEC), A First Approximation, Afroasiatic Linguistics, volume 7, issue 1 (1979)

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbit͡ʃe/ [ˈbi.t͡ʃe]
  • Rhymes: -itʃe
  • Syllabification: bi‧che

Noun edit

biche m (plural biches)

  1. Alternative spelling of viche

Further reading edit