bian

bian

1. inessive singular of bi

• (Rémois) blain

Inherited from Old French blanc, from Latin bellus, from Early Medieval Latin blancus.

IPA^(key): /bjɑ̃/

bian m (feminine bienche, plural bians)

1. (Troyen, Langrois) white

• Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎^[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
• Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎^[2] (in French), Troyes

• byghan
• byhan
• byan

From Proto-Brythonic *bɨx, from Proto-Celtic *biggos (“small”). Cognate with Breton bihan, Irish beag, Welsh bychan.

bian

1. little, small

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bian m (genitive singular biain, nominative plural biain)

1. (literary) pelt, fur

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bian	bhian	mbian
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bian”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

bian

1. (Eastern Lokono) two.

   Synonym: biama

bian

1. Nonstandard spelling of biān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of biǎn.
3. Nonstandard spelling of biàn.

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

• bein (Jersey)
• byin (continental Normandy)

From Old French bien, from Latin bene.

bian (comparative mux)

1. (Guernsey) well

• mercie bian (“thank you very much”)

• biinj (Moring)
• Biin (Sylt)

From Proto-Germanic *bainą.

bian n (plural bian or bianer) (Föhr-Amrum)

1. leg
2. bone

   Synonym: knook