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See also: Bic, BIC, bić, and bič

Translingual

Symbol

bic

  1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 639-3 language code for Bikaru.

English

Noun

bic (plural bics)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Bic.

Albanian

Noun

bic m

  1. piglet, young pig
  2. dog or other animal with a small body

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Adjective

bic (feminine bice)

  1. chubby, robust

Further reading

  • bic”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language], 1980
  • Newmark, Leonard (1999), “bic”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Georgian ბიჭი (bič̣i) or from an Iranian source.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

bic (comparative daha bic, superlative ən bic)

  1. bastardly, illegitimate
  2. sly, cunning, artful
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fırıldaqçı
  3. intricate

Noun

bic (definite accusative bici, plural biclər)

  1. sucker (an undesired stem growing out of the roots or lower trunk of a plant)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
More information nominative, singular ...

References

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French

Etymology

A genericized trademark. From BIC, a popular French brand of disposable ballpoint pen and disposable lighters, which is from the name of the co-founder of the company. Named after French businessman Marcel Bich. From Bich (surname).

Pronunciation

Noun

bic m (plural bics)

  1. disposable ballpoint pen, stick pen; Bic, Biro (Britain, Australia, New Zealand)
  2. (Quebec) disposable lighter; Bic

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Chadian Arabic: بيك (bīk)
  • Khmer: ប៊ិក (bĭk)
  • Lao: ບິກ (bik)

See also

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Kashubian

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bìti.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈbit͡s/
    • Rhymes: -it͡s
    • Syllabification: bic

    Verb

    bic impf (frequentative bijac)

    1. (transitive) to beat (to strike or hit multiple times to cause pain)
    2. (intransitive) to beat (to strike, e.g. a surface multiple times)
    3. (transitive) to beat out to ring (e.g. of a clock, to sound)
    4. (intransitive) to beat (to produce audible or detectible otherwise rhythmic sounds)
    5. (transitive) to slaughter, to cull (to kill animals)
    6. (transitive) to kill
    7. (reflexive with ) to beat oneself (to hit one's own body)
    8. (reflexive with ) to beat each other (to strike one another)
    9. (reflexive with ) to fight (to strike one another, to have a physical conflict with)
    10. (reflexive with ) to fight (to contend with someone over some goal or aim)

    Derived terms

    nouns
    • bicé
    verbs
    • dobic pf, dobijac impf
    • nabic pf
    • przebic pf, przebijac impf
    • pòbic pf
    • pòdbic pf, pòdbijac impf
    • rozbic pf, rozbijac impf
    • wbic pf, wbijac impf
    • wëbic pf, wëbijac impf
    • zabic pf, zabijac impf
    • zbic pf
    • òdbic pf, òdbijac impf
    • ùbic pf, ùbijac impf

    Further reading

    • Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893], “bic”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
    • Sychta, Bernard (1967), “b́ic, b́ic są”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 110
    • Jan Trepczyk (1994), “bić”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
    • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “bić”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
    • bic”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
    • bic sã”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
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    Old Irish

    Alternative forms

    • bicc

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    bic

    1. inflection of bec:
      1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
      2. accusative/dative singular feminine
      3. genitive singular neuter
      4. nominative plural masculine

    Mutation

    More information radical, lenition ...

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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