bice

Alternative forms

• bise

Etymology

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

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 also

• (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric-blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre

Alternative spellings

• bicce

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲiɡʲe/

Adjective

bice

1. genitive singular feminine of bec

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