bice
See also: biće and biče
English
Alternative forms
- bise
Etymology
From French bis, akin to Italian bigio (“light gray, tawny”).
Noun
bice (countable and uncountable, plural bices)
- A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt.
- A cobalt blue pigment.
Derived terms
- bice blue
- bice green
See also
- (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric-blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre (Category: en:Blues)
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- bicce
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʲiɡʲe/
Adjective
bice
- genitive singular feminine of bec
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| bice | bice pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ | mbice |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||