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4-letter words (1 found)

BILE,

3-letter words (4 found)

BEL,LEI,LIB,LIE,

2-letter words (4 found)

BE,BI,EL,LI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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Definitions and meaning of bile

bile

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: bīl, IPA(key): /baɪl/
  • Rhymes: -aɪl

Etymology 1

Mid 16th century, via Middle French, from Latin bīlis (bile).

Noun

bile (usually uncountable, plural biles)

  1. A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.
    Synonyms: bili-, chole-; gall (archaic)
  2. Bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility.
  3. Either of two of the four humours, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology.
    Hyponyms: black bile, yellow bile
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Obsolete form of boil. Akin to Dutch buil and German Beule, all from Proto-Germanic *būlǭ.

Noun

bile (plural biles)

  1. (obsolete) A boil (kind of swelling).

Verb

bile (third-person singular simple present biles, present participle biling or bileing, simple past and past participle biled)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of boil.

References

Anagrams

  • -ible, Biel, beli, Lieb

Albanian

Etymology 1

Either related to bolle pl (testicles), or a singularized plural of *bilë, from Proto-Albanian *beila, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyH- (to strike, beat), in which case close to Proto-Germanic *bilją (spike, peg, nail, axe, sword, blade). Compare English bill, German Bille (axe).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbilɛ/

Noun

bile f (plural bile, definite bilja, definite plural bilet)

  1. (childish) weenie (penis)
Declension

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biˈlɛ/

Particle

bile

  1. (colloquial) Reinforces what has already been said; even, in fact, furthermore
    Synonym: madje
    bile bileas a matter of fact

References

  • “bile”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

French

Etymology

From Latin bilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bil/

Noun

bile f (uncountable)

  1. bile

Derived terms

  • bile jaune
  • bile noire
  • bileux
  • se faire de la bile

Further reading

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

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲɪlʲə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bile, from Proto-Celtic *belyom (tree), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom (leaf).

Noun

bile m (genitive singular bile, nominative plural bilí)

  1. tree, especially a large, ancient, sacred one
  2. scion; distinguished person
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See béal (lip)

Noun

bile m (genitive singular bile, nominative plural bilí)

  1. rim (of vessel)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bīlis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.le/
  • Rhymes: -ile
  • Hyphenation: bì‧le

Noun

bile f (plural bili)

  1. (physiology) bile
  2. anger

Derived terms

See also

  • fiele

Anagrams

  • beli

Latin

Noun

bīle

  1. ablative singular of bīlis

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /²biːl.ə/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German bīle (axe).

Noun

bile f or m (definite singular bila or bilen, indefinite plural biler, definite plural bilene)

  1. An axe, espescially a broadaxe

Etymology 2

From bil.

Verb

bile (present tense biler, past tense bilte, past participle bilt)

  1. To ride a car

References

“bile” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /²biːl.ə/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German bīle (axe).

Noun

bile f (definite singular bila, indefinite plural biler, definite plural bilene)

  1. An axe, espescially a broadaxe

Etymology 2

From bil.

Verb

bile (present tense bilar or biler, past tense bila or bilte, past participle bila or bilt)

  1. To ride a car

References

“bile” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bili-, related to *bilją (axe, blade, cutting weapon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.le/

Noun

bile m

  1. bill of a bird
    Synonym: nebb
  2. trunk of an elephant
    Synonym: nypel

Related terms

  • ġebilod

Descendants

  • English: bill

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *belyos (tree), related to Proto-Indo-European *bʰolyo- (leaf). Cognate with Latin folium, Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon), and Old Armenian բողբոջ (bołboǰ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲilʲe/

Noun

bile m (genitive bili, nominative plural bili)

  1. tree, especially a large, ancient, sacred one

Declension

Derived terms

  • bilech, biledach

Descendants

Mutation

References

  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bilis.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ili, -ilɨ
  • Hyphenation: bi‧le

Noun

bile f (uncountable)

  1. gall; bile
    Synonyms: fel, bílis

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbile]

Noun

bile f

  1. inflection of bilă:
    1. indefinite plural
    2. indefinite genitive/dative singular

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bél (lip). Related to beul.

Noun

bile f (genitive singular bile, plural bilean)

  1. lip (of mouth)
  2. rim (of container)
  3. brim (of hat)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bill.

Noun

bile m (genitive singular bile, plural bilean)

  1. bill (for law)

References

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • bilèsi

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بیله (bile) (Turkish bile).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǐle/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧le

Adverb

bìle (Cyrillic spelling бѝле)

  1. (regional) moreover, even

Participle

bile (Cyrillic spelling биле)

  1. feminine plural active past participle of biti

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biˈle/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧le

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish بیله (bile), from Old Anatolian Turkish بیله (bilä), from Proto-Turkic *bile (with, together, also). Compare Azerbaijani belə, Gagauz bilä. Doublet of ile.

Alternative forms

  • bilem (Eastern Thrace, Erzurum)

Adverb

bile

  1. (dialectal or archaic, Ordu, Trabzon, Eastern Thrace, Rize, Adana, Osmaniye) together, with
    Synonym: beraber
    eve bile mi gittiniz?did you go home together?

Conjunction

bile

  1. even
    Synonym: dahi
    çocuk bile bunu anlayabilireven a child can understand this

Postposition

bile

  1. (archaic) alternative form of ile
    yarın olsun, hayır bile gelsinlet it be tomorrow, let it come with prosperity

Etymology 2

Noun

bile (definite accusative bileyi, plural bileler)

  1. (Balıkesir, Denizli, Kütahya, Erzincan, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, Edirne) alternative form of bileği
Declension

Further reading

  • “bile”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • bile”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bile”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Dutch bile or Middle Low German bîle, bîl (axe), both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bilją.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbilə/

Noun

bile c (plural bilen, diminutive byltsje)

  1. axe

Further reading

  • “bile”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English boillen, from Old French boillir. This is a vulgar pronunciation in Ireland.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biːl/

Verb

bile (simple past bilethe or bilo't)

  1. to boil

Derived terms

  • biletha (boiled)

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 26

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