German

Noun

Bis ?

1. (music) B-sharp

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɪz/

Noun

bis

1. plural of bi

Etymology 2

From Latin bis ‎(“twice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪs/

Adverb

bis ‎(not comparable)

1. Twice; showing that something is, or is to be, repeated, such as a passage of music, or an item in accounts.

Albanian

Noun

bis ?

1. encore (brief extra performance after the main performance is complete)

Danish

Noun

bis c

1. genitive singular indefinite of bi

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin bis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bis/

Interjection

bis

1. encore!

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

From Hindi बीस ‎(bīs).

Numeral

bis

1. (cardinal) twenty

French

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi/

Noun

bis ?

1. plural of bi

Etymology 2

From Latin bysseus ‎(“cotton-coloured”); cf. Italian bigio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi/

Adjective

bis m ‎(feminine singular bise, masculine plural bis, feminine plural bises)

1. beige (colour)
2. brown (of bread that contains bran)

Etymology 3

From Latin bis ‎(“twice”)

Pronunciation

Adverb

• IPA^(key): /bis/

Otherwise

• IPA^(key): /bi/

Adverb

bis

1. again (a second time); encore
2. (in street numbering) a; designating a second residence with the same number.

   12 bis, rue des Carmelites‎ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Adjective

bis m, f ‎(invariable)

1. alternative, secondary

Noun

bis m ‎(plural bis)

1. encore

Interjection

bis

1. used to request an encore

Derived terms

• bisser ‎(“to ask for an encore; to do an encore”)
• itinéraire bis ‎(“detour”)

Etymology 4

From bise

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi/

Noun

bis m ‎(plural bis)

1. (Quebec) kiss

German

Etymology

From Middle High German biz, from bī ze. Equivalent to modern bei and zu. Compare Saterland Frisian bit ‎(“until”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪs/
• Homophone: Biss
• Rhymes: -ɪs

Conjunction

bis

1. (subordinating, temporal) until

   Wir warten hier, bis das Gewitter vorbei ist.‎

   We'll wait here until the thunderstorm is over.

2. (coordinating) to

   Ich arbeite 40 bis 50 Stunden in der Woche.‎

   I work 40 to 50 hours a week.

   Ihre Haare sind braun bis dunkelbraun.‎

   Her hair is brown to dark brown.

Preposition

bis

1. (temporal) until, to, (US) through

   Meine Tochter ist bis zwei Uhr in der Schule.‎

   My daughter is at school until two o'clock.

   Ich war von Montag bis Freitag krank.‎

   I was sick from Monday to Friday.

2. (temporal) by

   Die Aufgabe muss bis Donnerstag fertig sein.‎

   The task must be complete by Thursday.

3. (local) to; all the way to

   Der Zug fährt bis Köln.‎

   The train goes to Cologne.

Usage notes

• The temporal preposition bis can be followed by temporal adverbs of all kind: bis nachmittags ‎(“until afternoon”), bis jetzt ‎(“until now”). Moreover it can be followed by times, dates, holidays, days of the week, months, or years. The words Woche ‎(“week”), Monat ‎(“month”), and Jahr ‎(“year”), as well as the names of days and months may also be preceded by letzter, voriger, dieser, kommender, or nächster. For example: bis letzte Woche ‎(“until last week”); bis nächsten Freitag ‎(“by next Friday”).
• The local preposition bis can be followed by local adverbs of all kind (e.g. bis hier ‎(“over here”)) and by place names (see above).
• In other cases, bis must be followed by another preposition, most commonly zu ‎(“to”): bis zum Sommer ‎(“until summer”); bis zum ersten Freitag im neuen Jahr ‎(“by the first Friday of the new year”); bis zum Hauptbahnhof ‎(“to the main station”). This means that bis is never directly followed by a definite or indefinite article. Sometimes other prepositions may also be used after bis: Er ging bis ans Ufer. ‎(“He went close to the shore”).

Derived terms

• bis auf

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowing from Dutch bus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bis/

Noun

bis

1. bus

Italian

Etymology

From Latin bis ‎(“twice”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bis/

Noun

bis m

1. encore
2. repetition
3. duo (two varieties as a unit)

   Un bis di baccalà‎

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Adjective

bis ‎(invariable)

1. additional

Latin

Etymology

An adverb for duis, from duo ‎(“two”), as b is often interchanged with du in word-initial position in Latin (in the same way as duellum for bellum ‎(“war”), duonus for bonus ‎(“good”) etc.).

Before that, from Proto-Indo-European *duwo ‎(“two”), *dwóh₁; compare Ancient Greek δίς ‎(dís, “dis”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /bis/, [bɪs]

Adverb

bis ‎(not comparable)

1. twice, two times, on two occasions, in two ways
   • 23 BCE – 13 BCE, Horace, Odes 3.9

     Me torret face mutua / Thurini Calais filius Ornyti, / pro quo bis patiar mori, / si parcent puero fata superstiti.

     I love my own fond lover, / Young Calais, son of Thurian Ornytus: / For him I'd die twice over, / Would Fate but spare the sweet survivor thus.

   Falli bis.‎

   To be deceived twice.

   Familia mea bis in hebdomade ad ecclesiam it.‎

   My family goes to the church twice a week.

Usage notes

• The word bis ‎(“twice”) drops the s when making compositions, like the Greek word δίς ‎(dís, “dis”). Some words created by compositing include biceps, bidens, bifer, bigener, bijugus, bilix. Because the s is dropped, it's better to write the words like bissenus, bisseni and bisextus as two words- bis senus, bis seni and bisextus.

Derived terms

References

• bis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “bis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be absolutely ignorant of arithmetic: bis bina quot sint non didicisse
    
  • twice consul: bis consul
    
• bis in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Lojban

Rafsi

bis

1. rafsi of bisli.

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪs/

Conjunction

bis

1. until (something becomes true)

   Mir waarde mam Iessen, bis datt eis Gäscht all ukomm sinn.‎

   We are waiting with the food until all our guests have arrived.

2. between ... and

   Zeideg Quidde moosse 7 bis 12 Zentimeter laang.‎

   Mature quinces measure between 7 and 12 centimetres long.

Preposition

bis

1. until (a certain time)

   D'Metzlerei ass bis fënnef Auer nomëttes op.‎

   The butcher's is open until five in the afternoon.

2. up to, to

   Hire Jong ka scho bis zéng zielen.‎

   Their son can already count up to ten.

Navajo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɪ̀s]

Noun

bis

1. adobe, clod, cake of dirt

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲis/

Noun

bis m inan

1. encore

Declension

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbiʃ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbis/, /ˈbiʃ/
• Rhymes: -is

Etymology 1

From Latin bis ‎(“twice”).

Adverb

bis (not comparable)

1. bis (shows that something is to be repeated)

Noun

bis m (plural bis)

1. encore (brief extra performance)
2. (by extension, informal) a second serving of something

Derived terms

• bisar

Interjection

bis!

1. encore! (used by an audience to request a second performance)

Etymology 2

Noun

bis m f

1. plural of bi

Swedish

Noun

bis

1. indefinite genitive singular of bi