bisse

== Finnish == === Etymology === Originally "beer", from Swedish bischoff (“wine-based cocktail”) (through words like bischofs-vin (“bishop's wine”)), from German Bischof. The sense "bisexual" is later adaptation by phonetic similarity. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbisːe/, [ˈbis̠ːe̞] Rhymes: -isːe Syllabification(key): bis‧se Hyphenation(key): bis‧se === Noun === bisse (colloquial) beer Synonym: olut (slang) bisexual Synonym: biseksuaali ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== bischofshofen (“beer”) === References === === Further reading === “bisse”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bis/ Homophones: bissent, bisses === Verb === bisse inflection of bisser: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === bisse first/third-person singular subjunctive II of beißen == Old French == === 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) doe (female deer) Wace, Le Roman de Rou Cum l'um prent bisse al piege ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: biche French: biche === See also === cerf === References === Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bisse, supplement) Etymology and history of “biche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012