bi

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Symbol 2 English 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adjective 2.2.1 Translations 2.3 Noun 3 Amuzgo 3.1 Adjective 4 Basque 4.1 Numeral 5 Danish 5.1 Noun 5.1.1 Inflection 5.1.2 See also 6 Isthmus Zapotec 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Noun 7 Kurdish 7.1 Preposition 8 Lojban 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Cmavo 9 Mandarin 9.1 Pinyin syllable 9.1.1 Usage notes 10 Scottish Gaelic 10.1 Verb 10.1.1 Inflection 11 Swedish 11.1 Noun 11.1.1 Usage notes 11.1.2 See also 11.2 Adjective 11.3 Adverb 11.3.1 Related terms 12 Volapük 12.1 Noun

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Symbol

Bi

1. see Bi

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /baɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: bye, buy, by

[edit] Adjective

bi (not comparable)

1. (informal) Bisexual.

[edit] Translations

• Italian: bisex

[edit] Noun

bi (plural bis)

1. (informal) A bisexual.

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[edit] Amuzgo

[edit] Adjective

bi

1. green

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[edit] Basque

[edit] Numeral

bi

1. two

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[edit] Danish

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[edit] Noun

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

1. (insect) bee

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[edit] See also

• hveps c.

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[edit] Isthmus Zapotec

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈbì]

[edit] Noun

bi

1. wind

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[edit] Kurdish

[edit] Preposition

bi

1. by

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[edit] Lojban

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bi/

[edit] Cmavo

bi (rafsi: biv)

1. eight
   • le bi gerku (the eight dogs)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pinyin syllable

bi

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, bī, bí, bǐ, or 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.

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Verb

bi

1. To be

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Infinitive	a bhith
Imperative	bi
Present participle	a bhith
Past participle	air a bhith

	Present indicative	Past indicative	Future indicative	Conditional	Present subjunctive
First-person singular	tha	bha	bidh	bhithinn	gum bi
Second-person singular	tha	bha	bidh	bhitheadh	gum bi
Third-person singular	tha	bha	bidh	bhitheadh	gum bi
First-person plural	tha	bha	bidh	bhitheamaid	gum bi
Second-person plural	tha	bha	bidh	bhitheadh	gum bi
Third-person plural	tha	bha	bidh	bhitheadh	gum bi

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

Inflection for bi	Singular		Plural
neuter	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bi	biet	bin	bina
Genitive	bis	biets	bins	binas

bi n.

1. (insect) bee

[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.

[edit] See also

• bålgeting c.
• geting c.

[edit] Adjective

bi

1. (informal) bisexual

[edit] Adverb

bi (not comparable)

1. (in some fixed expressions) by

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• stå någon bi

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[edit] Volapük

[edit] Noun

bi (plural: bis)

1. because