Translingual

Symbol

Bi

1. (chemistry) Symbol for bismuth.

See also

• bi

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: bye, buy, by

Adjective

bi ‎(not comparable)

1. (colloquial) Bisexual.

   I'm hetero, but my oldest sister is bi.

Translations

See also

• bi-

Etymology 2

Mandarin 璧 ‎(bì)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: bye, buy, by

Noun

bi ‎(plural bi)

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

See also

• Bi (jade) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Basque

Numeral

bi

1. two

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i

Noun

bi c (singular definite bien, plural indefinite bier)

1. bee

Inflection

See also

• hveps c

Verb

bi

1. imperative of bie

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From biseksueel.

Adjective

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

1. (colloquial) bisexual

French

Etymology

From bissexuel, or possibly directly from English bi

Noun

bi m, f ‎(plural bis)

1. bi, bisexual person

Adjective

bi m, f ‎(invariable)

1. bi, bisexual

Gothic

Romanization

bi

1. Romanization of 𐌱𐌹

Guerrero Amuzgo

Adjective

bi

1. green

Isthmus Zapotec

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbì]

Noun

bi

1. wind

Japanese

Romanization

bi

1. rōmaji reading of び
2. rōmaji reading of ビ

Kurdish

Preposition

bi

1. by
2. with

Lojban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi/

Cmavo

bi ‎(rafsi biv)

1. (cardinal) eight

   le bi gerku

   the eight dogs

Low German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biː/

Etymology

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

Preposition

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

Adverb

bi

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

Mandarin

Romanization

bi

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

Usage notes

• 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biː/

Preposition

bi

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

Adverb

bi

1. by, near, around

Descendants

• Dutch: bij

Middle English

Etymology

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

Preposition

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

• English: by

Mirandese

Verb

bi

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of ber; "I saw"
   • 2011, Ana Afonso, L Princepico Chapter 1

     Quando you tenie seis anhos, bi ua beça ua eimaige mi guapa nun lhibro subre la floresta birge que se chamaba "Stórias Bibidas".

     • 1948 translation by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

       Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called True Stories from Nature, about the primeval forest.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bi.

Preposition

bī

1. by, near
2. at, with

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: bi
  • Dutch: bij

Old English

Alternative forms

• be

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bi ‎(“near, by, around, about”), from Proto-Germanic *umbi ‎(“around”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi ‎(“round about, around”). Akin to Old High German bī ‎(“near, by”) (German bei), Dutch bij, Gothic 𐌱𐌹 ‎(bi). Non Germanic cognates include Albanian mbi ‎(“on, about”), Ancient Greek αμφί ‎(amphí, “on, around”).

Preposition

bī

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

Descendants

• Middle English: bi
  • English: by

Old High German

Etymology

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

Preposition

bī

1. by
2. at

Descendants

• German: bei
• Yiddish: בײַ ‎(bay)

Old Saxon

Etymology

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

Preposition

bī

1. by, near, to
2. beside

Descendants

• Low German: bi, by

Portuguese

Adjective

bi ‎(plural bi, comparable)

1. bisexual (sexually attracted to persons of either sex)

Synonyms

• bissexual

Noun

bi m f (plural bis)

1. bisexual (bisexual person)

Synonyms

• bissexual

Scots

Preposition

bi

1. by

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bí (imperative singular of at·tá), from Proto-Celtic *buyo-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-

Verb

bi ‎(past bha, future bidh, verbal noun bhith)

1. be, exist

Inflection

Related terms

• beò

See also

• is

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1

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

Noun

bi n

1. bee

Declension

Usage notes

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

See also

• bålgeting c
• geting c

Etymology 2

Adjective

bi

1. (informal) bisexual

Etymology 3

Adverb

bi (not comparable)

1. (in some fixed expressions) by

Related terms

• stå någon bi

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ˀɓi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ˀɓɪj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ˀɓɪj˧˥]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 悲 (“sad, tragic”)

Adjective

bi

1. tragic

Etymology 2

Borrowing from French bille

Noun

bi

1. (slang) ball sack
2. (toy) marble
3. (billiards, snooker) ball

Derived terms

• bút bi (ball-point pen)

Volapük

Conjunction

bi

1. because

Welsh

Noun

bi

1. The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.

Mutation

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) llythyren; a, bi, ec, èch, di, èdd, e, èf, èff, èg, èng, aets, i/i dot, je, el, èll, em, en, o, pi, ffi, er, rhi, ès, ti, èth, u/u bedol, w, ỳ ^{(Category: cy:Latin letter names)}

Zaghawa

Noun

bi

1. water

References

• Christopher Ehret, A Historical-comparative Reconstruction of Nilo-Saharan (2001, ISBN 3896450980)

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́ɪ̀.

Adjective

-bi

1. bad
2. evil
3. ugly

Inflection

Derived terms

• isibi
• okubi
• ububi