"bis" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /bɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-bis (2).wav
Rhymes: -ɪs Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin bis (“twice”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|bis|t=twice}} Learned borrowing from Latin bis (“twice”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} bis (not comparable)
  1. (music, law) Twice; showing that something is, or is to be, repeated, such as a passage of music, or an item in accounts. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: bis key Related terms: bis-phossy jaw
    Sense id: en-bis-en-adv-mlQ8jyza Categories (other): Law, Music, English entries with incorrect language header, Two Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Two: 95 5 Topics: entertainment, law, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /baɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-bis (1).wav
Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} bis
  1. plural of bi Tags: form-of, plural Form of: bi
    Sense id: en-bis-en-noun-2PNQF85H
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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