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bice

/baɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

Syllables
bice
IPA
/baɪs/
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A cobalt blue pigment.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A surname.

Etymology

From French bis, akin to Italian bigio (“light gray, tawny”). Doublet of beige.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

bices (plural) bise (alternative)

Phrases

bice blue bice green green bice

Homonyms

bise

Rhymes With

nice price ice advice twice vice device rice precise mice slice spice

Questions

How do you pronounce bice?
The recorded pronunciation is /baɪs/.
What does bice mean?
A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt.
Where does bice come from?
It is traced to French.

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