bi

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From bisexual

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bi (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) Bisexual.
Translations[edit]

Noun[edit]

bi (plural bis)

  1. (colloquial) A bisexual.
    I'm hetero, but my oldest sister is bi.

See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Mandarin 璧 (bì)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bi (plural bi)

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

See also[edit]

Amuzgo[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bi

  1. green

Basque[edit]

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

Numeral[edit]

bi

  1. two

Danish[edit]

Danish Wikipedia has articles on:
Bi and Bier

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse bý, from Proto-Germanic *bijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰī-.

Noun[edit]

bi c (singular definite bien, plural indefinite bier)

  1. bee

Inflection[edit]

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

See also[edit]

Verb[edit]

bi

  1. Imperative of bie.

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From biseksueel.

Adjective[edit]

bi (invariable, comparative meer bi, superlative meest bi)

  1. (colloquial) bisexual

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From bissexuel, or possibly directly from English bi

Noun[edit]

bi m, f (plural bis)

  1. bi, bisexual person

Adjective[edit]

bi m, f (invariable)

  1. bi, bisexual

Gothic[edit]

Romanization[edit]

bi

  1. Romanization of 𐌱𐌹

Isthmus Zapotec[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bi

  1. wind

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

bi

  1. Rōmaji reading of び
  2. Rōmaji reading of ビ

Kurdish[edit]

Preposition[edit]

bi

  1. by

Lojban[edit]

Lojban cardinal numbers
 <  ze bi so  > 
    Cardinal : bi

Pronunciation[edit]

Cmavo[edit]

bi (rafsi biv)

  1. eight
    le bi gerku
    the eight dogs

Low German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Saxon bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi.

Preposition[edit]

bi

  1. at, with
    Bi us is dat ümmer Feest.
    With us it's always a party.
  2. by
    Wi wahnt in en Huus bi de Meer.
    I live in a house by the lake.
  3. around, about (often in combination with üm)
    Dat weer üm bi so'n twintig Johr vör.
    It was about twenty years ago.

Inflection[edit]

Pronominal adverbs of bi
preposition bi
postpositional adv. bi
+ her (hither) —
+ düt (this) hierbi
+ dat (that) dorbi
+ wat (what) worbi
+ wat (something) enerwegens bi
+ nix (nothing) nargends bi
+ allens (everything) överall bi

Adverb[edit]

bi

  1. alongside, with
  2. in order to adjust or improve

Mandarin[edit]

Romanization[edit]

bi

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

Usage notes[edit]

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

Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

bi

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

Adverb[edit]

bi

  1. by, near, around

Descendants[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old English bi.

Preposition[edit]

bi

  1. by
    • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41
      And I seide, “Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe. And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge. And herfore grete men of kunnynge and other also drowen myche to him, and comownede ofte with him. And thei sauouriden so his loore that thei wroten it bisili and enforsiden hem to rulen hem theraftir… Maister Ion Aston taughte and wroot acordingli and ful bisili, where and whanne and to whom he myghte, and he vsid it himsilf, I gesse, right perfyghtli vnto his lyues eende. Also Filip of Repintoun whilis he was a chanoun of Leycetre, Nycol Herforde, dane Geffrey of Pikeringe, monke of Biland and a maistir dyuynyte, and Ioon Purueye, and manye other whiche weren holden rightwise men and prudent, taughten and wroten bisili this forseide lore of Wiclef, and conformeden hem therto. And with alle these men I was ofte homli and I comownede with hem long tyme and fele, and so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew. And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore whiche I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.”

Descendants[edit]

  • English: by

Old Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *bi.

Preposition[edit]

bī

  1. by, near
  2. at, with

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Dutch: bi

Old English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From 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). Non Germanic cognates include Albanian mbi (“on, about”), Ancient Greek αμφί (amfi, “on, around”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

bī

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

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle English: bi
    • English: by

Old High German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Preposition[edit]

bī

  1. by
  2. at

Descendants[edit]

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Preposition[edit]

bī

  1. by, near, to
  2. beside

Descendants[edit]

  • Low German: bi, by

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from Proto-Celtic, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeih₃w- (“to live”). Compare Welsh byw, Breton beva.

Verb[edit]

bi

  1. be

Inflection[edit]

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

See also[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse bý, from Proto-Germanic *bijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰī-.

Noun[edit]

bi n

  1. bee
Declension[edit]
Declension of bi
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bi biet bin bina
genitive bis biets bins binas
Usage notes[edit]
  • 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.
See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bi

  1. (informal) bisexual

Etymology 3[edit]

Adverb[edit]

bi (not comparable)

  1. (in some fixed expressions) by
Related terms[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese, from 悲 ("sad, tragic")

Adjective[edit]

bi

  1. tragic

Etymology 2[edit]

From French bille

Noun[edit]

bi

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

Volapük[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

bi

  1. because
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