"bief" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Français]

IPA: \bjɛf\, \bjɛf\, \bje\, « ( Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Touam-bief.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-T. Le Berre-bief.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Webfil-bief.wav Forms: biefs [plural], biez
  1. Portion d’un canal de navigation ou d’une rivière canalisée comprise entre deux écluses, deux barrages ou deux chutes.
    Sense id: fr-bief-fr-noun-u49vklo9 Categories (other): Exemples en français
  2. Canal de dérivation.
    Sense id: fr-bief-fr-noun-euk-EFGV
  3. Canal conduisant l’eau sur la roue d’un moulin.
    Sense id: fr-bief-fr-noun-e9j1cNug Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: béal, béalière, bézière, bédière, bisse Translations (Bief de moulin): Mühlkanal [masculine] (Allemand), Mühlgraben [masculine] (Allemand), mill race (Anglais), naza (Basque), saetín [masculine] (Espagnol), gora [feminine] (Italien), bieu (Normand), besal (Occitan), levada [feminine] (Portugais), bî (Wallon) Translations (Portion de cours d'eau entre écluses ou chutes): Kanalhaltung [feminine] (Allemand), Flußstrecke [feminine] (Allemand), reach (Anglais), pound (Anglais), tramo [masculine] (Espagnol), tratto [masculine] (Italien), pand (Néerlandais)

Noun [Picard]

IPA: \bjef\ Forms: bieuf
  1. Terre compacte et impropre à tout usage, se trouvant par couches sous l’humus de certaines contrées.
    Sense id: fr-bief-pcd-noun-mG~4rbqa Categories (other): Lexique en picard de l’agriculture Topics: agriculture
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "Bief de moulin",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "saetín"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "Bief de moulin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gora"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Normand",
      "lang_code": "normand",
      "sense": "Bief de moulin",
      "word": "bieu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "sense": "Bief de moulin",
      "word": "besal"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "Bief de moulin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "levada"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Wallon",
      "lang_code": "wa",
      "sense": "Bief de moulin",
      "word": "bî"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bief"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Lexique en picard de l’agriculture",
    "Mots en picard issus d’un mot en latin",
    "Noms communs en picard",
    "picard"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Du latin bŏvem, accusatif de bos."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bieuf"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Picard",
  "lang_code": "pcd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Lexique en picard de l’agriculture"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Terre compacte et impropre à tout usage, se trouvant par couches sous l’humus de certaines contrées."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "agriculture"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\bjef\\"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
  "word": "bief"
}

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