bian

== Basque == === Numeral === bian inessive singular of bi == Champenois == === Alternative forms === (Rémois) blain === Etymology === Inherited from Old French blanc, from Latin bellus, from Early Medieval Latin blancus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bjɑ̃/ === Adjective === bian m (feminine bienche, plural bians) (Troyen, Langrois) white === References === Daunay, Jean (1998), Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes Baudoin, Alphonse (1885), Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎[2] (in French), Troyes == Cornish == === Alternative forms === byghan byhan byan === Etymology === From Proto-Brythonic *bɨx, from Proto-Celtic *biggos (“small”). Cognate with Breton bihan, Irish beag, Welsh bychan. === Adjective === bian little, small == Irish == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === bian m (genitive singular biain, nominative plural biain) (literary) pelt, fur ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bian”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Japanese == === Romanization === bian Rōmaji transcription of ビアン == Lokono == === Numeral === bian (Eastern Lokono) two. Synonym: biama == Mandarin == === Romanization === bian nonstandard spelling of biān nonstandard spelling of biǎn nonstandard spelling of biàn ==== Usage notes ==== Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone. == Norman == === Alternative forms === bein (Jersey) byin (continental) === Etymology === From Old French bien, from Latin bene. === Adverb === bian (comparative mux) (Guernsey) well ==== Derived terms ==== mercie bian (“thank you very much”) == North Frisian == === Alternative forms === biin (Goesharde, Wiedingharde) Bean (Heligoland) biinj (Mooring) Biin (Sylt) === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *bainą. === Pronunciation === (Föhr-Amrum) IPA(key): [biɐ̯n] === Noun === bian n (plural bian or bianer) (Föhr-Amrum, Halligen) leg bone Synonym: knook