biche
French
noun
Definitions
- doe, hind
- darling, sweetheart (affectionate name for one's girlfriend)
- cutie
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French biche inherited from Old French biche (doe, female deer, female dog, bitch) inherited from Latin bīstia, bēstia (beast, animal) derived from Proto-Germanic *bik (goat).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*bik
Gloss
goat
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *bīstia Latin
- *bīstius Latin
- bestia Latin
- bestiarius Latin
- bestiola Latin
- bestula Latin
- bēsta Latin
- bēstia Latin
- bēstiālis Latin
- bēstiārium Latin
- bīstia Latin
- Bestie German
- bestia Italian
- biscia Italian
- bichette French
- бестия Russian
- bestia Spanish, Castilian
- bicha Portuguese
- *bik Proto-Germanic
- bestia Polish
- biċċe Old English
- beeste Middle English
- beste Old French
- biche Old French
- bisse Old French
- bèstia Catalan, Valencian
- beest Middle Dutch
- beeste Middle Dutch
- bestio Ido
- píast Old Irish
- baête Norman
- beet Norman
- bête Norman
- bishë Albanian
- beste Middle French
- biche Middle French
- bichon Middle French
- *bischo Old Portuguese
- bescha Old Portuguese
- besta Old Portuguese
- bēst Middle Low German
- bèstia Occitan
- bes-cha Romansh
- bestga Romansh
- bestia Romansh
- biestg Romansh
- bist Western Frisian
- bisa Venetian
- bìsa Venetian
- biesse Walloon
- bich Antillean Creole