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bise

/baɪs/

bise is the alternative form of bice.

Meaning of bice

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.

See all 3 meanings of bice

Noun

IPA/biːz/

bise (uncountable)

  1. A cold and dry north wind; in particular in France, Switzerland, etc.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Bise

Bise (plural Bises)

  1. A surname from French.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Bise

the Bise

  1. A cold, dry wind in Switzerland which blows through the Swiss Plateau from the northeast to the southwest.
    • I shall quote, as illustrative of the power with which the Bise blows, an extract from a letter by an intelligent traveller, written previous to the destruction of Château Grignan: […].1829, John Hughes, Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone

Forms of bise

Noun
pluralbises
Proper noun
pluralBises

Origin of bise

Borrowed from French bise.

From bise, from French bise.

Questions about bise

What does bise mean?
Bise means a cold and dry north wind; in particular in France, Switzerland, etc.
What is bise the alternative form of?
Bise is the alternative form of bice.
What part of speech is bise?
Bise can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce bise?
Bise is pronounced /baɪs/.
What is the plural of bise?
The plural of bise is bises.

Words near bise in the dictionary

  1. bisdigitoxoside
  2. bisdigitoxosides
  3. bisdioxopiperazine
  4. bisdioxopiperazines
  5. BISDN
  6. bise
  7. bisecant
  8. bisecants
  9. bisect
  10. bisectarian
  11. bisected

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bise (page history and authors); Bise (page history and authors); bice (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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