bisne
Middle English
Etymology 1
From the oblique cases of Old English bȳsn and Old Norse býsn; both from Proto-Germanic *būsniz.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbiznə/, /ˈbiːznə/, /ˈbizən/, /ˈbiːzən/
Noun
bisne (plural bisnes or bisnen)
Descendants
References
- “bī̆sne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 March 2018.
Etymology 2
From Old English bisene (“blind”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbisnə/, /ˈbiːsnə/, /ˈbisən/, /ˈbiːsən/
Adjective
bisne
Descendants
References
- “bī̆sne, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English business.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbisne/ [ˈbiz.ne]
- Rhymes: -isne
- Syllabification: bis‧ne
Noun
bisne m (plural bisnes)
- (colloquial, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) money
Related terms
Further reading
- “bisne”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010