bise

Significat

Noun

north wind; northeasterly (wind)

Adj

feminine singular of bis

Gènere

♀️ Femení

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/biz/

Etimologia

From Germanic, from Frankish *bîsi (“covered with clouds”), related to *bisa (“wind from the northeast”), from Proto-Germanic *bī̆s- (“to storm ahead”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to be afraid, fear”), see also Proto-Germanic *bibāną (“to shiver”).
Compare Walloon bijhe.

Sents

Une forme haute se dressa , plus haute semblait-il, dans la longue blouse de toile bise .

A tall shape rose, taller it seemed, in the long canvas bise blouse.