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4-letter words (1 found)

IBIS,

3-letter words (2 found)

BIS,SIB,

2-letter words (3 found)

BI,IS,SI,

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All 4 letters words made out of ibis

ibis biis iibs iibs biis ibis ibsi bisi isbi sibi bsii sbii iisb iisb isib siib isib siib bisi ibsi bsii sbii isbi sibi

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Definitions and meaning of ibis

ibis

Etymology

Mentioned in the Wycliffe Bible as ybyn or ibin, as ibys from 16th century and ibis shortly after. From Latin ībis, from Ancient Greek ἶβις (îbis), from Egyptian

(hbj) (compare Coptic ϩⲓⲃⲱⲓ (hibōi) or ϩⲓⲡ (hip)).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈaɪ.bɪs/

Noun

ibis (plural ibis or ibises or ibides or ibes)

  1. Any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans.

Derived terms

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ībis, from Ancient Greek ἶβις (îbis), from Egyptian

(hby; hîbu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈi.βis]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈi.bis]

Noun

ibis m (invariable)

  1. ibis

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “ibis” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “ibis”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “ibis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “ibis” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: i‧bis

Noun

ibis

  1. the Asiatic glassfish; any member of the family Ambassidae
  2. the Indian pellona (Pellona ditchella)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɪbɪs]

Noun

ibis m anim

  1. ibis

Declension

Further reading

  • ibis in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • ibis in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ibis, from Latin ibis, from Ancient Greek ἶβις (îbis), from Egyptian hbj.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈi.bɪs/, /ˈi.bəs/
  • Hyphenation: ibis

Noun

ibis m (plural ibissen, diminutive ibisje n)

  1. ibis, bird of the family

Derived terms

  • bruine ibis
  • heilige ibis
  • heremietibis
  • kaalkopibis
  • rode ibis
  • witte ibis
  • zwarte ibis

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.bis/

Noun

ibis m (plural ibis)

  1. ibis

Further reading

  • “ibis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ībis, from Ancient Greek ἶβις (îbis), from Egyptian hbj.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈi.bis/
  • Rhymes: -ibis
  • Hyphenation: ì‧bis

Noun

ibis m (invariable)

  1. ibis

Derived terms

  • ibis eremita

Anagrams

  • bisi

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈiː.bis/, [ˈiːbɪs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈi.bis/, [ˈiːbis]

Etymology 1

Noun

ībis f (genitive ībis or ībidis); third declension

  1. ibis (wading bird)
Usage notes

This noun can be inflected using two different stems (Greek and Latin). They are inconsistently used even within the same author's works; Cicero and Pliny the Elder use both the Latin declension:

and the Greek:

while Ovid, most notably, uses exclusively the Greek declension:

The accusative plural form ībidas is encountered as well:

Some forms, such as the nominative and genitive plural, are only attested in the Latin declension, while others, such as the genitive and ablative singular, in the Greek. The dative, ablative plural and vocative are unattested.

Declension

Third declension noun (irregular)

Only attested forms are ībis as nominative singular, ībidis as genitive singular, ībim and ībin as accusative singular, ībide as ablative singular, ībēs as nominative plural, ībium as genitive plural and *ībidas* as accusative plural

Descendants

Etymology 2

Inflected form of (go, proceed).

Verb

ībis

  1. second-person singular future active indicative of

References

  • ibis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ibis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ibis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • ibis”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
  • ibis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle English

Noun

ibis

  1. ibis: any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans

Old Irish

Verb

ibis

  1. third-person singular preterite absolute of ibid

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ībis, from Ancient Greek ἶβις (îbis), from Egyptian

(hbj).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈi.bis/
  • Rhymes: -ibis
  • Syllabification: i‧bis

Noun

ibis m animal

  1. ibis (bird)

Declension

Further reading

  • ibis in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ibis in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ibis, from Latin ibis.

Noun

ibis m (plural ibiși)

  1. ibis

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈibis/ [ˈi.β̞is]
  • Rhymes: -ibis
  • Syllabification: i‧bis

Noun

ibis m (plural ibis)

  1. ibis

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “ibis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Greater Central Philippine *əbəs (“below; descend”). Compare Cebuano ubos and Maranao bes (baby; full term fetus development).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔiˈbis/, [ʔɪˈbis]
  • Hyphenation: i‧bis

Noun

ibís (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. alighting (from a vehicle or animal)
    Synonyms: baba, pagbaba, lunsad, paglunsad
  2. unloading of cargo
    Synonyms: diskarga, pagdidiskarga
  3. aid given to unload a burden (on the head or shoulders)
    Antonyms: atang, pag-aatang
  4. unharnessing (of a work animal)
    Synonyms: awas, pag-aawas
  5. (figurative) relief from hardship, pain, sorrow, etc.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔibis/, [ˈʔi.bɪs]
  • Hyphenation: i‧bis

Noun

ibis (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. a type of silver fish from the genus Carassius

Further reading

  • “ibis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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