bis

See also:Appendix:Variations of "bis"

Translingual

Symbol

bis

1. (international standards)ISO 639-2&ISO 639-3language codeforBislama.

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/baɪz/

• Audio(US):

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Noun

bis

1. pluralofbi

Etymology 2

Learned borrowingfromLatinbis(“twice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/bɪs/

• Audio(US):

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• Rhymes:-ɪs

Adverb

bis(notcomparable)

1. (music)Twice;showing that something is, or is to be, repeated, such as a passage of music, or an item in accounts.

Derived terms

• bis key

See also

• bis-phossy jaw

Anagrams

• SBI,SIB,IBs,BSI,sib,IBS

Albanian

Etymology

FromLatinbis(“twice; again!”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/bis/

Noun

bis

1. encore(brief extra performance after the main performance is complete)

Interjection

bis

1. used to request an encore

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic,Valencia)[ˈbis]

Etymology 1

From olderbis(“dark grey”),of unknown origin, but compareFrenchbismeaning "beige."

Noun

bism(pluralbisos)

1. either of two closely-related species of mackerel, theAtlantic chub mackerel(Scomber colias) or thePacific chub mackerel(Scomber japonicus)

   Synonyms:bísol,cavalla,gallimó

Etymology 2

Learned borrowingfromLatinbis(“twice”).

Adverb

bis

1. again

Interjection

bis

1. encore

Noun

bism(pluralbisos)

1. encore

Derived terms

• bisar

Further reading

• “bis”inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• biiza(Sette Comuni)

Etymology

FromMiddle High Germanwise,fromOld High Germanwisa,further etymology unknown, perhaps related withProto-Germanic*wasô,fromProto-Indo-European*weys-(“to increase”).Cognate withGermanWiese.

Noun

bisf(diminutivebisan)(Luserna)

1. grass,lawn
2. meadow

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013)Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter[Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Danish

Noun

bisc

1. genitivesingularindefiniteofbi

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/bis/
• Hyphenation:bis
• Rhymes:-is

Etymology 1

BorrowedfromGermanBis.

Noun

bisf(uncountable)

1. (music)B sharp

Etymology 2

Learned borrowingfromLatinbis.Doubletoftweeandduo.

Interjection

bis

1. Used to request an encore.

Esperanto

Etymology

FromLatinbis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[bis]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bis

Interjection

bis

1. encore!

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

FromHindiबीस(bīs).

Numeral

bis

1. twenty

French

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/bi/

Noun

bismplorfpl

1. pluralofbi

Etymology 2

FromLatinbysseus(“cotton-coloured”),fromLatinbyssus(“linen”);cf. Italianbigio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/bi/

Adjective

bis(femininebise,masculine pluralbis,feminine pluralbises)

1. beige(colour)
2. brown(of bread that contains bran)

Etymology 3

Learned borrowingfromLatinbis(“twice”).

Pronunciation

• (adverb)IPA^(key):/bis/

Adverb

bis

1. again(a second time);encore
2. (in street numbering or law)A;designating a second thing with the same number

   12bis,rue des Carmelites―12A, rue des Carmelites

Descendants

• →Vietnamese:bis

Adjective

bis(invariable)

1. alternative,secondary

Noun

bism(pluralbis)

1. encore

Interjection

bis

1. used to request an encore

Derived terms

• bisser(“to ask for an encore; to do an encore”)
• itinéraire bis(“detour”)

Etymology 4

Frombise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/bi/

Noun

bism(pluralbis)

1. (Quebec)kiss

Further reading

• “bis”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

German

Etymology

FromMiddle High Germanbiz,bit,bitze,frombī(“by”)+ze(“to”).Equivalent to modernbei/be-andzu.CompareGerman Low Germanbit(“until”),Saterland Frisianbit(“until”).Compare alsoEnglishup to.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/bɪs/

• Audio(Germany):

  (file)

• Audio(Austria):

  (file)

• Homophone:Biss
• Rhymes:-ɪs

Conjunction

bis

1. (subordinating,temporal)until

   Wir warten hier,bisdas Gewitter vorbei ist.

   We'll wait hereuntilthe thunderstorm is over.

2. (coordinating)to

   Ich arbeite 40bis50 Stunden in der Woche.

   I work 40to50 hours a week.

   Ihre Haare sind braunbisdunkelbraun.

   Her hair is browntodark brown.

Preposition

bis[withaccusative]

1. (temporal)until,to,(US)through

   Meine Tochter istbiszwei Uhr in der Schule.

   My daughter is at schooluntiltwo o'clock.

   Ich war von MontagbisFreitag krank.

   I was sick from MondaytoFriday.

2. (temporal)by

   Die Aufgabe mussbisDonnerstag fertig sein.

   The task must be completebyThursday.

3. (local)to;all the way to

   Der Zug fährtbisKöln.

   The train goestoCologne.

Usage notes

• The temporal prepositionbiscan be followed by temporal adverbs of all kind:bis nachmittags(“until afternoon”),bis jetzt(“until now”).Moreover it can be followed by times, dates, holidays, days of the week, months, or years. The wordsWoche(“week”),Monat(“month”),andJahr(“year”),as well as the names of days and months may also be preceded byletzter,voriger,dieser,kommender,ornächster.Bistakes the accusative. For example:bis letzte Woche(“until last week”);bis nächsten Freitag(“by next Friday”).
• The local prepositionbiscan be followed by local adverbs of all kind (e.g.bis hier(“over here”)) and by place names (see above).
• In other cases,bismust be followed by another preposition, most commonlyzu(“to”):biszumSommer(“until summer”);biszumersten Freitag im neuen Jahr(“by the first Friday of the new year”);biszumHauptbahnhof(“to the main station”).This means thatbisis never directly followed by a definite or indefinite article. Sometimes other prepositions may also be used afterbis:Er ging bisansUfer.(“He went close to the shore”).

Derived terms

• bis auf

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈbɪs/
• Hyphenation:bis

Etymology 1

FromDutchbus(“container, box”)Compare toDutchbrievenbus(“letterbox, mailbox, post box”).

Noun

bis

1. (rare)letterbox;mailbox;post box

   Synonym:kotak surat

Derived terms

• biskan

Etymology 2

Noun

bis

1. Nonstandardform ofbus(“bus”).

Etymology 3

Learned borrowingfromLatinbis(“twice”).

Adverb

bis

1. (colloquial)twice

Etymology 4

FromDutchbies(“piping”),fromMiddle Dutchbiese,fromOld Dutch*biesa,fromProto-West Germanic*beusu.

Noun

bis

1. pipe;piping
   1. a hollow conduit or something resembling a tube
   2. decorative edging stitched to the hems or seams of an object made of fabric

      Synonym:pelisir

2. vessel,tube,duct

   Synonym:pembuluh

Further reading

• “bis”inKamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia,Jakarta:Agency for Language Development and Cultivation–Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia,2016.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowingfromLatinbis(“twice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈbis/
• Rhymes:-is
• Hyphenation:bìs

Noun

bism(invariable)

1. encore
2. repetition
3. duo(two varieties as a unit)

   Unbisdi baccalà

   Two varietiesof salt cod

Adjective

bis(invariable)

1. additional

Further reading

• bisin Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line,Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Latin numbers^(edit)

	20[a],[b],[c]
← 1	II 2	3 →
Cardinal:duo Ordinal:secundus,alter Adverbial:bis Proportional:duplus Multiplier:duplex,alterplex,biplex Distributive:bīnus Collective:bīniō Fractional:dīmidius,sēmis

Etymology

Fromduis(Old Latin mentioned by Cicero),fromProto-Italic*dwis,fromProto-Indo-European*dwís(“in two, twice, doubly”),adverb derived from*dwóh₁(“two”);compareAncient Greekδίς(dís),Sanskritद्विस्(dvís).Doubletofdis-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/bis/,[bɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/bis/,[bis]

Adverb

bis(notcomparable)

1. twice,twotimes, ontwooccasions, intwoways
   • 23BCE– 13BCE,Horace,Odes3.9:

     Me torret face mutua / Thurini Calais filius Ornyti, / pro quobispatiar mori, / si parcent puero fata superstiti.

     I love my own fond lover, / Young Calais, son of Thurian Ornytus: / For him I'd dietwiceover, / Would Fate but spare the sweet survivor thus.

   • 29BCE– 19BCE,Virgil,Aeneid2.217–219:

     “[...] et iam /bismedium amplexī,biscollō squāmea circum / terga datī [...].”

     “[...] and soon,twice[the serpents] had encircled [Laocoön’s] body,twicearound [his] neck with [their] scaly backs [...].” – Aeneas

   fallibis

   to be deceivedtwice

   • (post-Classical)
     Familia meabisin hebdomade ad ecclesiam it.

     My family goes to the churchtwicea week.

Derived terms

• bis ad eundem(“to commit the same error twice”)
• bis in anno,bis anno(“twice a year”)
• bis in die,bis die(“twice a day”)
• bis in mense,bis mense(“twice a month”)
• bis minus
• bis tanto,bis tantum(“twice as great, twice as much”)
• bis terque(“several times, repeatedly”)
• ne bis in idem

Descendants

• →Albanian:bis(learned)
• →Catalan:bis(learned)
• →Dutch:bis(learned)
• →English:bis(learned)
• →French:bis(learned)
  • →Vietnamese:bis(learned)
• →Italian:bis(learned)
• →Polish:bis(learned)
• →Portuguese:bis(learned)
• →Spanish:bis(learned)

Further reading

• “bis”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bis”,inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary,New York: Harper & Brothers
• bisinGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1],London:Macmillan and Co.
  • to be absolutely ignorant of arithmetic:bis bina quot sint non didicisse
    
  • twice consul:bis consul
    
• “bis”,inWilliam Smith, editor (1854, 1857),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography,volume1 & 2,London: Walton and Maberly

Luxembourgish

Etymology

FromMiddle High Germanbiz,bit,bitze,frombī(“by”)+ze(“to”).SeeGermanbis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/bis/

Conjunction

bis

1. until(something becomes true)

   Mir waarde mam Iessen,bisdatt eis Gäscht all ukomm sinn.

   We are waiting with the fooduntilall our guests have arrived.

2. between...and

   Zeideg Quidde moosse 7bis12 Zentimeter laang.

   Mature quinces measurebetween7and12 centimetres long.

Preposition

bis

1. until(a certain time)

   D'Metzlerei assbisfënnef Auer nomëttes op.

   The butcher's is openuntilfive in the afternoon.

2. up to,to

   Hire Jong ka schobiszéng zielen.

   Their son can already countup toten.

Maltese

Etymology

BorrowedfromItalianbis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/biːs/

Interjection

bis

1. Used to request an encore

Related terms

• bbissja

Middle English

Etymology

A version ofbithwith the third-person singular ending replaced with-esas in other verbs (in some dialects).

Verb

bis

1. Alternative form ofbith

Navajo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[pɪ̀s]

Noun

bis

1. adobe,clay,clod,cake of dirt

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowingfromLatinbis(“twice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈbis/
• Rhymes:-is
• Syllabification:bis

Noun

bisminan

1. encore(brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete)

   podwójnybis―doubleencore

   potrójnybis―tripleencore

   domagać siębisu―to demandaencore

   wykonywać/wykonaćbis―to perform anencore

   zagraćbis―to play anencore

   zakończyć siębisem―to end with anencore

   prosić/poprosić obis―to ask for anencore

Declension

Declension ofbis

	singular	plural
nominative	bis	bisy
genitive	bisu	bisów
dative	bisowi	bisom
accusative	bis	bisy
instrumental	bisem	bisami
locative	bisie	bisach
vocative	bisie	bisy

Interjection

bis

1. encore!

Adjective

bis(notcomparable,no derived adverb)

1. (colloquial)repeat,extra

   Synonyms:bisowy,powtórzony,dodatkowy

   Unia Europejskabis―repeatEuropean Union

   PRLbis―repeatPolish People's Republic

Derived terms

adjective

• bisowy

verb

• bisowaćimpf

Further reading

• bisinWielki słownik języka polskiego,Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bisin Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈbis/

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈbis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro)IPA^(key):/ˈbiʃ/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˈbiʃ/

• Rhymes:(Brazil)-is,(Portugal, Rio de Janeiro)-iʃ
• Hyphenation:bis

Etymology 1

Learned borrowingfromLatinbis(“twice”).

Adverb

bis(notcomparable)

1. bis(shows that something is to be repeated)

Noun

bism(invariable)

1. encore(brief extra performance)
2. (by extension,informal)a secondservingof something

Derived terms

• bisar

Interjection

bis!

1. encore!(used by an audience to request a second performance)

Etymology 2

Noun

bismorf

1. pluralofbi

Romanian

Etymology

BorrowedfromFrenchbis.

Noun

bisn(pluralbisuri)

1. bis,encore,repeat

Spanish

Etymology

FromLatinbis(“two times”).

Noun

bism(pluralbises)

1. encore

Related terms

• bisar

See also

• otra vez
• otras tres

Further reading

• “bis”,inDiccionario de la lengua española[Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7,Royal Spanish Academy[Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swedish

Noun

bis

1. indefinitegenitivesingularofbi

Vietnamese

Etymology

BorrowedfromFrenchbis,fromLatinbis(“twice”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội)IPA^(key):[ʔɓit̚˧˦ səː˧˧]
• (Huế)IPA^(key):[ʔɓit̚˦˧˥ səː˧˧]
• (Saigon)IPA^(key):[ʔɓɨt̚˦˥ səː˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling:bít xơ

Adverb

bis

1. (in street numbering)a;designating a second thing with the same number.

See also

• ter
• kép

References

• Đỗ Phi Hùng (2012 February 13) “Vẫn loay hoay trong" mê hồn trận "số nhà”, inTuổi Trẻ‎^[2](in Vietnamese), Ho Chi Minh City, retrieved2022-03-12

Yucatec Maya

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):/ɓis/

Verb

bis(transitive)

1. totake,tocarry

Conjugation

conjugation ofbis

	singular			plural
	1stperson	2ndperson	3rdperson	1stperson	2ndperson	3rdperson
imperfective	kin bisik	ka bisik	ku bisik	k bisik	ka bisikeʼex	ku bisikoʼob
perfective	tin bisaj	ta bisaj	tu bisaj	t k bisaj	ta bisajeʼex	tu bisajoʼob
subjunctive	ka in bisej	ka a bisej	ka u bisej	ka k bisej	ka a biseʼex	ka u bisoʼob
imperative	-	bisej	-	-	biseʼex	-

References

• Gómez Navarrete, Javier A. (2009)Diccionario Introductorio Español-Maya, Maya-Español‎^[3](in Spanish), Chetumal:Universidad de Quintana Roo,archived fromthe originalon2010-10-11,page119:“BIS”