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Meaning of bis | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C2
[ˈbɪs]

Definitions

twice, two times, on two occasions, in two ways

not-comparable

Equivalents

العربية مرتين
Български дваж
Čeština dvakrát
Cymraeg dwywaith
Deutsch doppelt zweimal
Ελληνικά δις
English Twice
Esperanto dufoje
Français deux fois
Gaeilge faoi dhó
Magyar dupla kétszer
Հայերեն երկիցս
Íslenska tvisvar tvívegis
Italiano due volte
日本語 二倍 二回 二度
ქართული ორჯერ
한국어 두번
Kurdî bîs
Lëtzebuergesch zweemol
Nederlands twee keer tweemaal
Polski dwukrotnie
Português duas vezes duplamente
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.
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