bisse

Etymology

Originally "beer", from Swedish bischoff (“wine-based cocktail”) (through words like bischofs-vin (“bishop's wine”)), from German Bischof.^[1] The sense "bisexual" is later adaptation by phonetic similarity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbisːe/, [ˈbis̠ːe̞]
• Rhymes: -isːe
• Syllabification^(key): bis‧se

Noun

bisse

1. (colloquial) beer

   Synonym: olut

2. (slang) bisexual

   Synonym: biseksuaali

References

Further reading

• “bisse”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bis/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: bissent, bisses

Verb

bisse

1. inflection of bisser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Pronunciation

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Verb

bisse

1. first/third-person singular subjunctive II of beißen

Alternative forms

• biche

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin bīstia, variant of Latin bēstia. Doublet of beste.

Noun

bisse oblique singular, f (oblique plural bisses, nominative singular bisse, nominative plural bisses)

1. doe (female deer)
   • Wace, Le Roman de Rou

     Cum l'um prent bisse al piege

See also

• cerf

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (bisse, supplement)
• Etymology and history of “biche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.