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bis

/baɪz/

bis is the plural of bi.

Meaning of bi

Noun (1)

bi (plural bis)

  1. (colloquial, uncommon) A biceps muscle.
    • You cannot train your back without regard to your tris and bis.

Noun (2)

bi (plural bi)

  1. A type of jade disk produced in ancient China.

Adverb

IPA/bɪs/

bis (not comparable)

  1. Twice; showing that something is, or is to be, repeated, such as a passage of music, or an item in accounts.
    • Article 15 bis of the Rome Statute ("Exercise of jurisdiction over the crime of aggression (State referral, proprio motu)") lays down, in ten paragraphs, special procedural rules for the initiation of an individual prosecution on charges under Article 8 bis of the Statute (for a comprehensive...2014 January 10, Sergey Sayapin, The Crime of Aggression in International Criminal Law: Historical Development, Comparative Analysis and Present State, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page...

Proper noun capitalized: BIS

BIS

  1. (UK, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
    • Until recently, the BIS has not asked colleges to submit audited accounts and demonstrate a financially sustainable business plan. […] What is certain is that the size of the outlay caught BIS off guard and the impact has already been felt by students at established universities.2014 May 21, Andrew McGettigan, Shiv Malik, John Domokos, “Private sector and students profit at the college they call 'the ATM'”, in The Guardian

Noun (1) capitalized: BIS

BIS (plural BISs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of behavioral inhibition system.
  2. (alternative) Alternative form of BiS.

Noun (2) capitalized: BiS

BiS (plural BiSs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of best in slot (“the best piece of equipment a character is able to equip in a certain equipment slot”).

Forms of bis

pluralBISs
pluralBiSs

Origin of bis

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Learned borrowing from Latin bis (“twice”).

Words formed from bis

Phrases with bis

Words that rhyme with bis

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Questions about bis

What does bis mean?
Bis means twice; showing that something is, or is to be, repeated, such as a passage of music, or an item in accounts.
What is bis the plural of?
Bis is the plural of bi.
What part of speech is bis?
Bis can be an adverb, a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce bis?
Bis is pronounced /baɪz/.

Words near bis in the dictionary

  1. Birx
  2. biryani
  3. biryanis
  4. Birštonas
  5. Biržai
  6. bis
  7. Bis Alhaahuraa
  8. bis dat qui cito dat
  9. bis key
  10. bis keys
  11. bis-

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bis (page history and authors); BIS (page history and authors); BiS (page history and authors); bi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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