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bisque en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /bɪsk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French bisque, possibly from Biscaye.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of a pale pinkish brown colour.

Forms

Relateds

biscuit

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bisque en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /bɪsk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French bisque, possibly from Biscaye.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A thick creamy soup made from fish, shellfish, meat or vegetables.
   • lobster bisque
2. (countable, uncountable) A pale pinkish brown colour.
3. (countable, uncountable) A form of unglazed earthenware; biscuit.

Forms

Deriveds

bisqueware · bisque doll · mocha bisque

Translations (17)

fi bisque (thick creamy soup) · fi bisque (form of unglazed earthenware) · ru густо́й суп (thick creamy soup) · ca bisque (thick creamy soup) · cs biskvit (form of unglazed earthenware) · ms biska (thick creamy soup) · fr biscuit (form of unglazed earthenware) · io bisko (thick creamy soup) · el μπισκ (thick creamy soup) · de Schrühware (form of unglazed earthenware) · fi biskviitti (form of unglazed earthenware) · fi kermainen keitto (thick creamy soup) · pl bisque (thick creamy soup) · de Bisque (thick creamy soup) · ja ビスク (thick creamy soup) · pl biskwit (form of unglazed earthenware) · fr bisque (thick creamy soup)

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bisque en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /bɪsk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French bisque, possibly from Biscaye.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To prepare ceramics in the bisque style.
   • I use an electric kiln strictly for bisquing my pots. 2018, Melissa Weiss, Handbuilt, A Potter's Guide, page 147:

Forms

Translations (1)

pl biskwitować (Translations)

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bisque en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /bɪsk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French bisque, of unknown origin; Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, suggests a comparison with Spanish bisca (“gambling house, gambling den”).

Meanings

1. An extra turn, free point or some other advantage allowed.
   • Going round with Angus McTavish carrying your bag, she mused, was equivalent to about four bisques to the opposition. Angus McTavish was the sort of man who, just by going about looking like a frozen asset, takes all the edge and zip out of a girl's game. 1937 March 19, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, Lord Emsworth and Others, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 851336728; republished Woodstock, N.Y.: The Overlook Press, 2002, ISBN 978-1-58567-277-6, pages 137–138
2. An extra turn, free point or some other advantage allowed. ▸ A free turn in a handicap croquet match.
3. An extra turn, free point or some other advantage allowed. ▸ A free point in a handicap real tennis match.
4. (British, historical, qualifier:chiefly BBC) Exemption from work or other duty on a particular day. ▸ A day's leave an employee may take without warning or reason and not be counted as annual leave.
5. (British, qualifier:British parliament) Exemption from work or other duty on a particular day. ▸ Permission for an MP to be absent from a vote, granted by the whips when the absence is not likely to affect the outcome.

Forms

Deriveds

bisquer

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