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Meaning of bi- | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2
baɪ-

Definitions

  1. Two in number.
  2. Having or possessing two of the root word's quality.
  3. Both: referring to two as a set.
  4. Being different in two ways with respect to the root.
  5. Forked, divided by two, halved; (chemistry, proscribed) half
  6. Double, twofold.
  7. Bisexual, relating to bisexuality.
  8. Bilateral, on both sides of the body.
  9. Twice.
  10. Every two; a rate of once every two.
  11. A pair of; composed of two.
  12. Used for the digit two to form systematic element names of elements whose existence has been predicted, and which have not yet been given a trivial name.

Equivalents

Čeština bi-
Deutsch bi-
Suomi bi-
Français bi-
Galego bi-
Bahasa Indonesia dwi-
Italiano bi-
Kurdî bi-
Polski bi- dwu-
Português bi-
Svenska tve-
Tiếng Việt song

Examples

“biarticular”
“biaxial”
“bicoloured”
“biangular”
“biantheriferous”
“bicardial”
“bikont”
“biacetabular”
“biallelic”
“bicaval”
“biadjoint”
“biaffine”
“biclonal”
“bifurcate”
“bicapitate”
“bicarinate”
“bialgebroid”
“bifarious”
“biarticulated”
“bicentric”
“biphobia”
“biromantic”
“biconcave”
“biballism”
“biannual”
“biconjugate”
“bicentennial”
“bibrow”
“bicomplex”
“un- (“1”) + bi- (“2”) + un- (“1”) + -ium (element suffix) → unbiunium (“element 121”)”
“biont”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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