Meaning of bis | Babel Free
[ˈbɪs]Definitions
twice, two times, on two occasions, in two ways
not-comparable
Equivalents
العربية
مرتين
Български
дваж
Čeština
dvakrát
Cymraeg
dwywaith
Ελληνικά
δις
English
Twice
Esperanto
dufoje
Français
deux fois
Gaeilge
faoi dhó
Հայերեն
երկիցս
Italiano
due volte
ქართული
ორჯერ
한국어
두번
Kurdî
bîs
Lëtzebuergesch
zweemol
Polski
dwukrotnie
Slovenčina
dvakrát
Tagalog
makalawa
Українська
двічі
Examples
“Me torret face mutua / Thurini Calais filius Ornyti, / pro quo bis patiar mori, / si parcent puero fata superstiti.”
I love my own fond lover, / Young Calais, son of Thurian Ornytus: / For him I'd die twice over, / Would Fate but spare the sweet survivor thus.
““… et iam / bis medium amplexī, bis collō squāmea circum / terga datī ….” “… and soon, twice [the serpents] had encircled [Laocoön’s] body, twice around [his] neck with [their] scaly backs ….” – Aeneas”
“falli bis”
to be deceived twice
“Familia mea bis in hebdomade ad ecclesiam it.”
My family goes to the church twice a week.
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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