English

A bowl of lobster bisque (sense 1)

A Queen Alexandra bisque doll with a head made of bisque (sense 3), from the collection of the Guildhall Museum in Rochester, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Noun

bisque ‎(countable and uncountable, plural bisques)

1. A thick creamy soup made from fish, shellfish, meat or vegetables.

   lobster bisque‎

2. A pale pinkish brown colour.

   bisque colour:

3. (ceramics) A form of unglazed earthenware; biscuit.

Derived terms

• bisque doll

Translations

Adjective

bisque ‎(not comparable)

1. Of a pale pinkish brown colour.

Related terms

• biscuit ‎(adjective)

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Etymology 2

Borrowing from French bisque, of unknown origin; Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française,^[1] suggests a comparison with Spanish bisca ‎(“gambling house, gambling den”).

Noun

bisque ‎(plural bisques)

1. (sports) An extra turn, free point or some other advantage allowed.
   • 1937 March 19, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, Lord Emsworth and Others, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 851336728; republished Woodstock, N.Y.: The Overlook Press, 2002, ISBN 978-1-58567-277-6 , pages 137–138:

     Going round with Angus McTavish carrying your bag, she mused, was equivalent to about four bisques to the opposition. Angus McTavish was the sort of man who, just by going about looking like a frozen asset, takes all the edge and zip out of a girl's game.

   1. A free turn in a handicap croquet match.
   2. A free point in a handicap real tennis match.

References

1. ↑ Émile Littré (1863–1872) Dictionnaire de la langue française contenant la nomenclature, la grammaire, la signification des mots, la partie historique, l'etymologie, Paris: Hachette, OCLC 683360373.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: bisquent, bisques

Noun

bisque f ‎(plural bisques)

1. bisque (soup, colour)
2. (tennis) advantage

Verb

bisque

1. first-person singular present indicative of bisquer
2. third-person singular present indicative of bisquer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of bisquer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of bisquer
5. second-person singular imperative of bisquer