Bise

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A cold north wind of the Swiss Alps and nearby regions of France and Italy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Alternative form of bice (blue pigment)
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A cold north wind which prevails on the northern coasts of the Mediterranean and in Switzerland, etc.; -- nearly the same as the mistral.
  • n. See bice.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A dry cold north and northeast wind, prevailing especially in Provence and the Rhône valley, and very destructive to vegetation, so that “to be struck by the bise” has become a proverb in Provence, meaning to be overtaken by misfortune: nearly the same as mistral.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a dry cold north wind in southeastern France
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    north wind    Boreas    norther    northerly   
    Variant
    bice   
    Unknown
    busy    vise   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ais    Allies    Guise    Guys    Lise    Marseilles    Thais    Wise    advise    ais