biset
French, noun/bi.zɛ/
biset is spelled B-I-S-E-T (5 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 149,203rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Biset is a French masculine noun meaning “rock pigeon (Columba livia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce de pigeon d’un plumage gris ardoise, à la nuque iridescente, habitant les falaises et autres habitats…”.
What does biset mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerock pigeon (Columba livia)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce de pigeon d’un plumage gris ardoise, à la nuque iridescente, habitant les falaises et autres habitats rocheux, et dont sont dérivées toutes les races de pigeon domestique et de pigeon voyageur (Columba livia). 2. Étoffe commune de couleur bise. 3. Sorte de caillou noirâtre.
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 biset
- bisets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce biset?
- /bi.zɛ/
- \bi.zɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is biset in French?
biset appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).