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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos).
Pronunciation
Noun
bisbe m (plural bisbes, feminine bisbessa, feminine plural bisbesses)
- (religion) bishop
- (zoology) bull ray (Pteromylaeus bovinus)
- (zoology) roughsnout grenadier (Trachyrincus scabrus)
- Synonym: titolot ver
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bisbe”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , April 2007
- “bisbe”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “bisbe” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “bisbe” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Verb
bisbe
- inflection of bisbar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative