"biche" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /biʃ/ Audio: Fr-biche.ogg Forms: biches [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|biche|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French biche, {{inh+|fr|frm|biche}} Inherited from Middle French biche, {{inh|fr|fro|biche||doe, female deer}} Old French biche (“doe, female deer”), {{inh|fr|VL.|bīstia}} Vulgar Latin bīstia, {{inh|fr|la|bēstia}} Latin bēstia, {{cog|frm|bique||nanny-goat}} Middle French bique (“nanny-goat”), {{der|fr|gem-pro|*bik||goat}} Proto-Germanic *bik (“goat”), {{cog|is|bikkja|t=old mare, nag}} Icelandic bikkja (“old mare, nag”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} biche f (plural biches)
  1. doe, hind Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-biche-fr-noun-jeh8J042 Categories (other): Cervids Disambiguation of Cervids: 15 15 29 3 33 6
  2. doe, hind
    (Canada, Métis) wapiti (elk)     Tags: Canada, feminine
    Sense id: en-biche-fr-noun-aBulotdJ Categories (other): Canadian French, Métis French, Cervids Disambiguation of Cervids: 15 15 29 3 33 6
  3. darling, sweetheart (affectionate name for one's girlfriend) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-biche-fr-noun-DNvFWV3e Categories (other): Cervids, Female, Female animals Disambiguation of Cervids: 15 15 29 3 33 6 Disambiguation of Female: 0 0 100 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Female animals: 9 9 66 2 12 3
  4. cutie Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-biche-fr-noun-TJH-tMEj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pied-de-biche (english: crowbar)
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /biʃ/ Audio: Fr-biche.ogg
Etymology: Inflected forms. Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} biche
  1. inflection of bicher:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive     Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: bicher
    Sense id: en-biche-fr-verb-u~qqjV3f Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Cervids Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 17 17 23 1 29 13 Disambiguation of Cervids: 15 15 29 3 33 6
  2. inflection of bicher:
    second-person singular imperative     Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: bicher
    Sense id: en-biche-fr-verb-Ept5UZSn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for biche meaning in French (4.9kB)

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