bise
French, noun
bise is spelled B-I-S-E (4 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written French, the 16,568th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bise is a French feminine noun meaning “north wind; northeasterly (wind)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of bis. With an accent, bisé is a different word: “past participle of biser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vent sec et froid qui souffle du Nord ou du Nord-Est”.
What does bise mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenorth wind; northeasterly (wind)
noun
- 1
femininekiss (non-romantic kiss on the cheek)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of bis
verb
- 1
past participle of biser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Reteint.
noun: 1. Vent sec et froid qui souffle du Nord ou du Nord-Est. 2. Vent d’hiver.
noun: 1. Baiser sur la joue.
noun: 1. Nom vernaculaire de la macreuse noire (espèce de canard sauvage des régions nordiques).
noun: 1. Nom vernaculaire de divers champignons tels que le mousseron et les russules, dans ce dernier cas, il est souvent complété par un adjectif de couleur: bise rouge, bise verte, bise bleue, etc.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bise
- bises plural
- bisée feminine
- bisés masculine plural
- bisées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bise
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bise in French?
bise appears 2.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).