biais m (plural biais)
biais m (feminine singular biaise, masculine plural biais, feminine plural biaises)
Probably borrowed from Old Provençal biais, of uncertain origin. Possibly via Vulgar Latin *bigassius from Ancient Greek ἐπικάρσιος (epikársios, “athwart”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + κάρσιος (kársios, “oblique”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).