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French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle French biche, from Old French biche (“doe, female deer”) and bisse (“wild animal”), of uncertain origin and relation. The form bisse is almost certainly from Vulgar Latin bīstia, variant of Latin bēstia (compare bête); however, the contemporary biche is an enigma, and possibly unrelated. It may be the Picard or Norman form of bisse, (compare chent for cent) or may share origin with Middle French bique (“nanny-goat”), believed to be derived from Proto-Germanic *bik (“goat”) or perhaps related to Icelandic bikkja (“old mare, nag”). More at bouc.
Noun
biche f (plural biches)
- doe, hind
- (Canada, Métis) wapiti (elk)
- darling, sweetheart (affectionate name for one's girlfriend)
- cutie
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inflected forms.
Verb
biche
- inflection of bicher:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
Italian
Noun
biche f
- plural of bica
Middle English
Noun
biche
- Alternative form of bicche
Norman
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman biche (“bitch, female dog, doe, hind”), from Middle English bicche (“bitch”). Cognate with French bique (“female goat, horse, old woman”), Icelandic bikkja (“mare, nag”), English bitch.
Pronunciation
Noun
biche f (plural biches)
- (Jersey) goat
- (Jersey) drunk woman
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Old French
Noun
biche oblique singular, f (oblique plural biches, nominative singular biche, nominative plural biches)
- Alternative form of bisse
Portuguese
Verb
biche
- inflection of bichar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Rendille
Etymology
Cognate to Somali biyo.
Pronunciation
Noun
biche
- water
Further reading
- Günther Schlee, Karaba Sahado, Rendille Proverbs in their Social and Legal Context (2002), page 92: biche
- Günther Schlee, Some open problems of Rendille grammar (1978), page 64: biche
- Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, volume 10, page 199: bice
- Harold C Fleming, Baiso and Rendille: Somali Outliers: biče'
- Hans-Jürgen Sasse, The Consonant Phonèmes of Proto-East Cushitic (PEC), A First Approximation, Afroasiatic Linguistics, volume 7, issue 1 (1979)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbit͡ʃe/
- Rhymes: -itʃe
- Syllabification: bi‧che
Noun
biche m (plural biches)
- Alternative spelling of viche
Further reading