bi

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

From bisexual

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[edit] Adjective

bi (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) Bisexual.
[edit] Translations
bisexual

[edit] Noun

bi (plural bis)

  1. (colloquial) A bisexual.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Mandarin 璧 (bì)

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[edit] Noun

bi (plural bi)

  1. A type of jade disk produced in ancient China.

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[edit] Amuzgo

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bi

  1. green

[edit] Basque

Basque cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3   > 
    Cardinal : bi
    Ordinal : bigarren

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bi

  1. two

[edit] Danish

Danish Wikipedia has articles on:
Bi and Bier

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[edit] Noun

bi c. (singular definite bien, plural indefinite bier)

  1. bee

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    Inflection of bi
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative bi bien bier bierne
genitive bis biens biers biernes

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[edit] Verb

bi

  1. imperative of bie

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

From biseksueel.

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bi (invariable))

  1. (colloquial) bisexual

[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From bissexuel, or possibly directly from English bi

[edit] Noun

bi m. and f. (plural bis)

  1. bi, bisexual person

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bi m. and f. inv.

  1. bi, bisexual

[edit] Gothic

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bi

  1. Romanization of 𐌱𐌹

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[edit] Noun

bi

  1. wind

[edit] Japanese

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bi

  1. The hiragana syllable び (bi) or the katakana syllable ビ (bi) in Hepburn romanization.

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[edit] Preposition

bi

  1. by

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[edit] Cmavo

bi (rafsi biv)

  1. eight
    le bi gerku
    the eight dogs

[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Romanization

bi

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

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  • English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

[edit] Middle Dutch

[edit] Etymology

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

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bi

  1. by, near, around
  2. beside, alongside
  3. at, with
  4. among
  5. during

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bi

  1. by, near, around

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[edit] Old Dutch

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bi.

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bī

  1. by, near
  2. at, with

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  • Middle Dutch: bi

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[edit] Etymology

Proto-Germanic *bi (“near, by, around, about”), from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around”), from Proto-Indo-European *ambʰi (“around”). Akin to Old High German bī "near, by" (German bei), Dutch bij, Gothic Gothic 𐌱𐌹 (bi).

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bī

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

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  • English: by

[edit] Old High German

[edit] Etymology

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

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bī

  1. by
  2. at

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Verb

bi

  1. be

[edit] Inflection

Infinitive a bhith
Imperative bi
Present participle a' bhith
Past participle air a bhith
Present tense Past tense Future tense Conditional
Basic form tha bha bidh/bithidh bhithinn/bhiodh/bhiomaid
Dependent form bheil robh bi bithinn/biodh/biomaid
Impersonal form thathar bhathar bithear bhiteadh

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[edit] Noun

bi n.

  1. bee

[edit] Declension

Declension of bi
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bi biet bin bina
genitive bis biets bins binas

[edit] Usage notes

  • More rare spellings of the defenite forms are bit/bits (singular) and bien/biens (plural). However, the spellings in the inflection box are the most common.

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[edit] Adjective

bi

  1. (informal) bisexual

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bi (not comparable)

  1. (in some fixed expressions) by

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Etymology 1

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[edit] Adjective

bi

  1. tragic

[edit] Etymology 2

From French bille

[edit] Noun

bi

  1. ball
  2. marble (spherical glass ball)
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[edit] Volapük

[edit] Conjunction

bi

  1. because
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