"bice" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /baɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bice.wav [Southern-England] Forms: bices [plural], bise [alternative]
Rhymes: -aɪs Etymology: From French bis, akin to Italian bigio (“light gray, tawny”). Doublet of beige. Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|la|grc|sem}}, {{der|en|fr|bis}} French bis, {{cog|it|bigio||light gray, tawny}} Italian bigio (“light gray, tawny”), {{doublet|en|beige}} Doublet of beige Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bice (countable and uncountable, plural bices)
  1. A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-bice-en-noun-sP0aGwEB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Blues, Pigments Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 12 12 58 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 9 67 15 Disambiguation of Blues: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pigments: 45 55
  2. A cobalt blue pigment. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-bice-en-noun-wz~iH~zE Categories (other): Blues, Pigments Disambiguation of Blues: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pigments: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bice blue, bice green, green bice

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "A cobalt blue pigment."
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    },
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