Question 1

What are the anagrams of the French word "biais"?

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<ul><li>bisai</li></ul>

Question 2

What are the synonyms of the French word "biais"?

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angledozer
bouteur

Question 3

What does the French word "biais" mean?

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Obliquity, oblique line or direction.
Turn, inclination, side, aspect, point of view, face under which something presents itself.
Means of solving a problem, outcome, turn.
Skill, cleverness, know-how, gift.
Measurement, sampling, or evaluation defect leading to an erroneous value.
Diagonal relative to the straight grain of the fabric.
Strip of fabric cut with threads diagonal to the straight grain.
Difference between the true value of an unobservable variable and the statistically estimated value.

Question 4

What is the etymology of thr French word "biais"?

Accepted Answer

from Old Occitan biais (oblique direction, detour), perhaps from Latin biaxius ('having two axes') or from Latin bifax according to Littré who explains: 'Diez derives it from bifax, which is in Isidore with this meaning: duos habens obtutus, that is, 'having a double gaze, squinting,' like the Spanish , 'having two eyes, squinting.' From there to the sense of oblique, the transition is easily seen. The suppression of the f is not an obstacle: for we have examples in Provençal refusar and reusar, French refuser and reüser, and also in Provençal preon from profundus. Bifax is not isolated in Late Latin; we find befax, bifacius, bifacies there. This word is an adjective; and biais is also one.'

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