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発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /bɪsk/
• 韻: -ɪsk

語源 1

Borrowed from French bisque, possibly from Biscaye.

別の表記

• bisk

名詞

bisque (countable and uncountable, plural bisques)

1. A thick creamy soup made from fish, shellfish, meat or vegetables.

   lobster bisque

2. A pale pinkish brown colour.

   bisque:  

3. (ceramics) A form of unglazed earthenware; biscuit.

派生語

形容詞

bisque (not comparable)

1. Of a pale pinkish brown colour.

関連する語

• biscuit (adjective)

参考

• Appendix:Colors

動詞

bisque (third-person singular simple present bisques, present participle bisquing, simple past and past participle bisqued)

1. (transitive) To prepare ceramics in the bisque style.
   • 2018, Melissa Weiss, Handbuilt, A Potter's Guide, page 147:

     I use an electric kiln strictly for bisquing my pots.

語源 2

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

別の表記

• bisk

名詞

bisque (plural bisques)

1. (sports) An extra turn, free point or some other advantage allowed.
   • 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:

     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.

   1. A free turn in a handicap croquet match.
   2. A free point in a handicap real tennis match.
2. (chiefly British) Exemption from work or other duty on a particular day.
   1. (chiefly BBC, historical) A day's leave an employee may take without warning or reason and not be counted as annual leave.
   2. (British parliament) Permission for an MP to be absent from a vote, granted by the whips when the absence is not likely to affect the outcome.

派生語

• bisquer

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