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bise¹

  • /baɪs/

noun bises

  1. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of bice (blue pigment)

bise²

  • /biːz/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French bise.

noun

  1. uncountable A cold and dry north wind; in particular in France, Switzerland, etc.

Bise³

proper noun Bises

  1. A surname from French.

Bise⁴

Where it comes from

From bise, from French bise.

proper noun the Bise

  1. A cold, dry wind in Switzerland which blows through the Swiss Plateau from the northeast to the southwest. I shall quote, as illustrative of the power with which the Bise blows, an extract from a letter by an intelligent traveller, written previous to the destruction of Château Grignan: […].

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"bise." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bise. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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bise. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bise

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"bise." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bise.

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@misc{bise_2026,
  title = {bise},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bise},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}