German

Noun

Bisse m

1. plural of Biss

Finnish

Noun

bisse

1. (colloquial) beer
2. (slang) bisexual

Declension

Synonyms

• olut

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: bissent, bisses

Verb

bisse

1. first-person singular present indicative of bisser
2. third-person singular present indicative of bisser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of bisser
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of bisser
5. second-person singular imperative of bisser

German

Verb

bisse

1. First-person singular subjunctive II of beißen.
2. Third-person singular subjunctive II of beißen.

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin bīstia, variant of Latin bēstia. See also the doublet beste, probably a borrowing.

Noun

bisse f ‎(oblique plural bisses, nominative singular bisse, nominative plural bisses)

1. doe (female deer)
   • Wace, Le Roman de Rou

     Cum l'um prent bisse al piege

Descendants

• French: biche

See also

• cerf

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (bisse, supplement)
• “biche” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).