bi

Etymology 1

From bisexual.

Etymology 2

Mandarin 璧 (bì)

Anagrams

• IB, ib.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Numeral

bi

1. two

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bì]

Noun

bì

1. bin for grain storage

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Etymology

From Old Norse bý, from Proto-Germanic *bijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰī-.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

bi c (singular definite bien, plural indefinite bier)

1. bee

Verb

bi

1. imperative of bie

Etymology

From biseksueel.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Adjective

bi (invariable, comparative meer bi, superlative meest bi)

1. (colloquial) bisexual

Etymology

From bissexuel, or possibly directly from English bi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi/

Noun

bi m, f (plural bis)

1. bi, bisexual person

Adjective

bi (invariable)

1. bi, bisexual

Further reading

• “bi” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanization

bi

1. Romanization of 𐌱𐌹

Adjective

bi

1. green

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbì]

Noun

bi

1. wind

Etymology

From Latin bē (the name of the letter B).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Stress: bì
• Hyphenation: bi

Noun

bi f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.; bee

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, kappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta

Romanization

bi

1. Rōmaji transcription of び
2. Rōmaji transcription of ビ

Etymology

From Sanskrit बीज (bīja), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bíHĵam. Cognate with Konkani बी (bī) and Parachi bīz (“seed-corn”).

Noun

bi

1. a seed
2. semen
3. moth larva

Preposition

bi

1. by
2. with

Etymology

From Old Saxon bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biː/

Preposition

bi

1. at, with

   Bi us is dat ümmer Feest.

   With us it's always a party.

2. by

   Wi wahnt in en Huus bi de Meer.

   I live in a house by the lake.

3. around, about (often in combination with üm)

   Dat weer üm bi so'n twintig Johr vör.

   It was about twenty years ago.

Adverb

bi

1. alongside, with
2. in order to adjust or improve

Romanization

bi

1. Nonstandard spelling of bī.
2. Nonstandard spelling of bí.
3. Nonstandard spelling of bǐ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of bì.

Etymology

From Old Dutch bi, from Proto-Germanic *bi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biː/

Preposition

bi

1. by, near, around
2. beside, alongside
3. at, with
4. among
5. during
6. by (the work of)
7. because of

Adverb

bi

1. by, near, around

Further reading

• “bi (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “bi (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “bi”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Etymology

From Old English bi, from Proto-Germanic *bi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiː/

Preposition

bi

1. by
   • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41

     And I seide, “Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe. And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge. And herfore grete men of kunnynge and other also drowen myche to him, and comownede ofte with him. And thei sauouriden so his loore that thei wroten it bisili and enforsiden hem to rulen hem theraftir… Maister Ion Aston taughte and wroot acordingli and ful bisili, where and whanne and to whom he myghte, and he vsid it himsilf, I gesse, right perfyghtli vnto his lyues eende. Also Filip of Repintoun whilis he was a chanoun of Leycetre, Nycol Herforde, dane Geffrey of Pikeringe, monke of Biland and a maistir dyuynyte, and Ioon Purueye, and manye other whiche weren holden rightwise men and prudent, taughten and wroten bisili this forseide lore of Wiclef, and conformeden hem therto. And with alle these men I was ofte homli and I comownede with hem long tyme and fele, and so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew. And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore whiche I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.”

Verb

bi

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of ber: I saw.
   • 2011, Ana Afonso, L Princepico Chapter 1

     Quando you tenie seis anhos, bi ua beça ua eimaige mi guapa nun lhibro subre la floresta birge que se chamaba "Stórias Bibidas".

     • 1948 translation by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

       Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called True Stories from Nature, about the primeval forest.

Noun

bi f

1. (Mooring) bee

Pronoun

bǐ

1. we (first-person plural pronoun)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bi.

Preposition

bī

1. by, near
2. at, with

Alternative forms

• be

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bi (“near, by, around, about”), q.v.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biː/

Preposition

bī

1. by, near, around, to, in, at, about, with
2. beside

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bi, whence also Old English bi.

Preposition

bī

1. by
2. at

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bi, whence also Old English bi.

Preposition

bī

1. by, near, to
2. beside

Adjective

bi (plural bi, comparable)

1. bisexual (sexually attracted to persons of either sex)

Noun

bi m, f (plural bis)

1. bisexual (bisexual person)

Preposition

bi

1. by

Etymology

From Old Irish bí (imperative singular of at·tá), from Proto-Celtic *buyo-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-

Verb

bi (past bha, future bidh, verbal noun bhith)

1. be, exist

Mutation

See also

• is

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

Adjective

bi (invariable)

1. bi (bisexual)

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *-bí, from Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́ɪ̀.

Adjective

-bí

1. bad
2. evil
3. ugly

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish bī, bȳ, from Old Norse bý, from Proto-Germanic *bijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰī-.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Etymology

From English bee.

Noun

bi

1. bee

Etymology

Borrowed from French bille.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɓi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɓɪj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɓɪj˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cục, hòn, viên) bi

1. a marble (spherical ball)
2. (billiards, snooker) a ball
3. (slang) a ball (testicle)

   Á! Dập bi tao rồi!

   Ow! Mah bawlls pahpped!

Conjunction

bi

1. because

Noun

bi

1. The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) llythyren; a, bi, ec, èch, di, èdd, e, èf, èff, èg, èng, aets, i/i dot, je, el, èll, em, en, o, pi, ffi, er, rhi, ès, ti, èth, u/u bedol, w, ỳ

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *-bí, from Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́ɪ̀.

Adjective

-bí

1. bad
2. evil
3. ugly

Noun

bi

1. water

References

• Christopher Ehret, A Historical-comparative Reconstruction of Nilo-Saharan (2001, →ISBN

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *piːᴬ (“year”). Cognate with Thai ปี (bpii), Northern Thai ᨸᩦ, Lao ປີ (pī), Lü ᦔᦲ (ṗii), Shan ပီ (pǐi), Tai Nüa ᥙᥤ (pi), Ahom 𑜆𑜣 (pii), Bouyei bil.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /pi˨˦/
• Tone numbers: bi¹
• Hyphenation: bi

Noun

bi (old orthography bi, Sawndip forms 𭯌, 𭽨, 𭙂)

1. year
2. year old

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *-bí, from Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́ɪ̀.

Adjective

-bi^?

1. bad
2. evil
3. ugly