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bice

/baɪs/

bice noun: a pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt.

Noun

bice (countable and uncountable, plural bices)

  1. A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt.
  2. A cobalt blue pigment.

Proper noun capitalized: Bice

Bice (plural Bices)

  1. A surname.

Forms of bice

Noun
pluralbices
alternative formbise
Proper noun
pluralBices

Origin of bice

From French bis, akin to Italian bigio (“light gray, tawny”). Doublet of beige.

Words formed from bice

Words that rhyme with bice

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Questions about bice

What does bice mean?
Bice means a pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt.
What part of speech is bice?
Bice can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce bice?
Bice is pronounced /baɪs/.
What is the plural of bice?
The plural of bice is bices.

Words near bice in the dictionary

  1. bicchulite
  2. biccie
  3. biccies
  4. biccuculine
  5. biccy
  6. bice
  7. bice blue
  8. bice green
  9. bicelle
  10. bicelles
  11. bicellular

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