biau

Etymology

Inherited from Old French bel, from Latin bellus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bjo/

Adjective

biau m

1. beautiful

References

• A. J. Verrier, Glossaire étymologique et historique des patois et des parlers de l'Anjou (1908)
• C. Ménière, Glossaire angevin étymologique comparé avec différents dialects (1881)
• Maurice Davau, Le Vieux parler tourangeau: sa phonétique, ses mots et locutions (1979)
• René Coursault, Contes naïfs et nouvelles facétieuses: le parler tourangeau (1990)

Adjective

biau m

1. Alternative form of bé

Alternative forms

• biâo (France)
• bieau (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French biau, from Latin bellus.

Adjective

biau m

1. (Guernsey) beautiful
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 534:

     Si le soleil est rouage au sèr, / Ch'est pour biau temps aver, / S'il est rouage au matin, / Ch'est la mare au chemin.

     If the sun sets red, it is a sign of fine weather, but when he rises red, you may expect pools of water on the road.

Adjective

biau m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bele)

1. Alternative form of bel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bi.ˈa.u]

Verb

biau

1. (transitive) to strew
2. (transitive) to broadcast

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.aɨ̯/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.ɛ/, /ˈbiː.a/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.ai̯/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.ɛ/

Noun

biau

1. Soft mutation of piau (“to own”).

Mutation