bis-

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bis"

English

Prefix

bis-

  1. An occasional variant of bi- prefixed to roots beginning with a vowel, as in bisalternate
  2. (chemistry, obsolete) A variant of di- used to indicate that the component that does not take the prefix occurs twice in the compound: a bisoxide is of the form B2O (cf. dioxide for XO2)
  3. (mathematics, chemistry) A variant of di-, used for substitutions of two complex rather than simple units.
    Bis (η6-arene) metal complexes have been made for many transition metals by the Al/AlCl3 reduction method.

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bis/
    • Hyphenation: bis-
  • IPA(key): /biz/ (before a vowel or a voiced consonant)

Etymology 1

From Latin bis (“twice”).

Prefix

bis-

  1. Alternative form of bi-; bis-; di-
    ‎bis- + ‎croma (“quaver”) → ‎biscroma (“demisemiquaver”)
  2. great-
    ‎bis- + ‎nonno (“grandfather”) → ‎bisnonno (“great-grandfather”)
Derived terms
Italian terms prefixed with bis-

Etymology 2

Unknown

Prefix

bis-

  1. used with adjectives or verbs to denote a generic pejorative connotation
    ‎bis- + ‎unto (“oily, greasy”) → ‎bisunto (“very oily or greasy”)

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin bis (“twice”).

Prefix

bis-

  1. bis-
  2. great-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with bis-

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