bisse
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Originally "beer", from Swedish bischoff (“wine-based cocktail”) (through words like bischofs-vin (“bishop's wine”)), from German Bischof.[1] The sense "bisexual" is later adaptation by phonetic similarity.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bisse
- (colloquial) beer
- Synonym: olut
- (slang) bisexual
- Synonym: biseksuaali
Declension edit
Inflection of bisse (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | bisse | bisset | ||
genitive | bissen | bissejen | ||
partitive | bisseä | bissejä | ||
illative | bisseen | bisseihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | bisse | bisset | ||
accusative | nom. | bisse | bisset | |
gen. | bissen | |||
genitive | bissen | bissejen bisseinrare | ||
partitive | bisseä | bissejä | ||
inessive | bissessä | bisseissä | ||
elative | bissestä | bisseistä | ||
illative | bisseen | bisseihin | ||
adessive | bissellä | bisseillä | ||
ablative | bisseltä | bisseiltä | ||
allative | bisselle | bisseille | ||
essive | bissenä | bisseinä | ||
translative | bisseksi | bisseiksi | ||
abessive | bissettä | bisseittä | ||
instructive | — | bissein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
- bischofshofen (“beer”)
References edit
- ^ Forsberg, Ulla-Maija (2021) Stadin slangin etymologinen sanakirja [Etymological Dictionary of Helsinki Slang][1] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Gaudeamus, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- “bisse”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bisse
- inflection of bisser:
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Verb edit
bisse
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin bīstia, variant of Latin bēstia. Doublet of beste.
Noun edit
bisse oblique singular, f (oblique plural bisses, nominative singular bisse, nominative plural bisses)
Descendants edit
See also edit
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bisse, supplement)
- Etymology and history of “biche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.