biais

Probably borrowed from Old Occitan biais, of uncertain origin. Possibly via Vulgar Latin *bigassius from Ancient Greek ἐπικάρσιος (epikársios, “athwart”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + κάρσιος (kársios, “oblique”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

• 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 singular biaise, masculine plural biais, feminine plural biaises)

1. slant, slanting

• Portuguese: viés
• Spanish: bies

• “biais” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).