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bise

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

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bise (countable and uncountable, plural bises)

  1. Alternative form of bice (blue pigment)

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French bise

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bise (uncountable)

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

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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.

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bise f (plural bises)

  1. north wind; northeasterly (wind)

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Etymology 2

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From biser.

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bise f (plural bises)

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

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Inflected forms.

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bise

  1. feminine singular of bis

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Latvian

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bise f (5th declension)

  1. gun, rifle

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Makasar

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀsay.

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bise (Lontara spelling ᨅᨗᨔᨙ)

  1. oar, paddle

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Portuguese

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bise

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

Spanish

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See Spanish bis (“encore”).

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bise m (plural bises)

  1. encore

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bise

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

Tagalog

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Borrowed from Spanish vice.

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bise (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜐᜒ)

  1. vice (second in command)
    Synonym: pangalawa

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bise (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜐᜒ)

  1. (colloquial) assistant; deputy
    Synonym: pangalawa

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

Venetian

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bise

  1. plural of bisa
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