No. 7,336 in Dutch
bi
"Bi" in Dutch is an informal abbreviation for "biseksueel," meaning "bisexual" in English.
In a sentence
Ik ben bi en voel me aangetrokken tot zowel mannen als vrouwen.
I am bi and feel attracted to both men and women.
Here, "bi" is used as an abbreviation for bisexual, describing a person's sexual orientation towards both male and female genders.
Toen ik bi haar op bezoek ging, had ze een nieuw boek over geschiedenis gekocht.
When I visited her, she had bought a new book on history.
Here, "bi" is part of the phrase "bij haar op bezoek" meaning "visiting her". The 'bi' here is typographical and context-dependent.
In de bi-klassen leren studenten over de basisprincipes van biologie.
In the biology classes, students learn about the basic principles of biology.
Here, "bi" forms part of a compound word related to biology, abbreviated from the subject name in certain contexts.
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