bis

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bis"

Translingual

Etymology 1

Clipping of English and Bislama Bislama.

Symbol

bis

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Bislama.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Bislama terms

Etymology 2

From French bis, from Latin bis

Adjective

bis

1. The second iteration. Used in names of international standards.

Coordinate terms

• ter

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɪz/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

bis

1. plural of bi

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin bis (“twice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪs/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪs

Adverb

bis (not comparable)

1. (music, law) Twice; showing that something is, or is to be, repeated, such as a passage of music, or an item in accounts.
   • 2014 January 10, Sergey Sayapin, The Crime of Aggression in International Criminal Law: Historical Development, Comparative Analysis and Present State, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 300:

     Article 15 bis of the Rome Statute ("Exercise of jurisdiction over the crime of aggression (State referral, proprio motu)") lays down, in ten paragraphs, special procedural rules for the initiation of an individual prosecution on charges under Article 8 bis of the Statute (for a comprehensive examination of that article's material provisions, see supra 5.1) on the basis of a State referral or proprio motu by the Prosecutor. An analysis of specific provisions of Article 15 bis is offered below.

Derived terms

• bis key

See also

• bis-phossy jaw

Anagrams

• SBI, SIB, IBs, BSI, sib, IBS

Albanian

Etymology

From Latin bis (“twice; again!”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bis/

Noun

bis

1. encore (brief extra performance after the main performance is complete)

Interjection

bis

1. used to request an encore

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbis]

Etymology 1

From older bis (“dark grey”), of unknown origin, but compare French bis meaning "beige."

Noun

bis m (plural bisos)

1. either of two closely-related species of mackerel, the Atlantic chub mackerel (Scomber colias) or the Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus)

   Synonyms: bísol, cavalla, gallimó

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin bis (“twice”).

Adverb

bis

1. again

Interjection

bis

1. encore

Noun

bis m (plural bisos)

1. encore

Derived terms

• bisar

Further reading

• “bis”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007