bisl

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Pronunciations

bisl (BIH-suul) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A little bit of something; a tiny piece.

  • adv. A bit; somewhat.

Example Sentences

  • "Can I have just a bisl?"

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • ביסל bisl

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older

      Regions

      • North America
      • Australia / New Zealand
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).

      Alternative Spellings

      bissel, bisel, bissl, bissele, bisle, bisele

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