biais

Probably borrowed from Old Occitan biais (“oblique direction”), of uncertain origin. Possibly via Vulgar Latin *bigassius from Ancient Greek ἐπικάρσιος (epikársios, “athwart”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + κάρσιος (kársios, “oblique”) (root Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”)); alternatively (preferred by TFLi) from Vulgar Latin *biaxius "with two axes".

• IPA^(key): /bjɛ/

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biais m (plural biais)

1. means, way
2. angle, aspect, way
3. (textiles) bias
4. slant, diagonal line
5. (sociology) bias

biais (feminine biaise, masculine plural biais, feminine plural biaises)

1. slant, slanting

• → Portuguese: viés
• → Spanish: bies
• → Turkish: biye

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

From Old Occitan biais. From the 12th century.[1]

• IPA^(key): /bjajs/

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biais m (plural biaisses)

1. way, manner

   Synonyms: faiçon, manièra