bi

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[edit] Translingual

[edit] Symbol

Bi

  1. see Bi

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Adjective

bi (not comparable)

Positive
bi

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. (informal) Bisexual.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Noun

Singular
bi

Plural
bis

bi (plural bis)

  1. (informal) A bisexual.

[edit] Amuzgo

[edit] Adjective

bi

  1. green

[edit] Basque

[edit] Numeral

bi

  1. two

[edit] Danish

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[edit] Noun

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

  1. (insect) bee

[edit] Inflection

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[edit] Isthmus Zapotec

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

bi

  1. wind

[edit] Kurdish

[edit] Preposition

bi

  1. by

[edit] Lojban

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Cmavo

bi (rafsi: biv)

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

[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pinyin syllable

bi

  1. Common misspelling of .
  2. Common misspelling of .
  3. Common misspelling of .
  4. Common misspelling of .

[edit] Usage notes

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] Old English

[edit] Alternative forms

[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 "near, by" (German bei), Dutch bij, Gothic bi

[edit] Preposition

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

[edit] Descendants

  • English by

[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Verb

bi

  1. To be

[edit] Inflection

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

[edit] Serbian

[edit] Adverb

bi (Cyrillic spelling би)

  1. would

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

Inflection for bi Singular Plural
neuter Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Base form bi biet bin bina
Possessive form 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

[edit] Adjective

bi

  1. (informal) bisexual

[edit] Adverb

bi (not comparable)

  1. (in some fixed expressions) by

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[edit] Volapük

[edit] Noun

bi (plural: bis)

  1. because