bille

See also: Bille and billé

Danish

Etymology

From English beetle;[1] equivalent to bide (“to bite”) +‎ -le.

See also Icelandic bitil, bitul (“a bite, bit”), Faroese bitil (“small piece, bittock”).

Noun

bille c (singular definite billen, plural indefinite biller)

  1. beetle

Inflection

Declension of bille
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bille billen biller billerne
genitive billes billens billers billernes

References

  1. ^ “bille” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bij/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French bille, from Old French bille (“small ball”), from Frankish *bikkil (“ossicle, a die, talus”). Cognate with Dutch bikkel (“dibs, die”), West Frisian bikkel (“die”), German Bickel (“marble”).

Noun

bille f (plural billes)

  1. marble (spherical ball)
  2. (snooker, billiards) ball
  3. ball bearing
  4. (slang) dimwit
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Italian: biglia, bilia (once more common)
    • → Arabic: بِلْيَة (bilya)
    • → Turkish: bilye
  • → Portuguese: bilha
  • → Romanian: bilă
  • → Vietnamese: bi

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle French bille, from Old French *bille (attested as Medieval Latin billia (“tree-trunk”)), from Vulgar Latin *billia, from Gaulish *bilia, from Proto-Celtic *belyom (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom (“leaf”). Cognate with Irish bile (“tree”), Latin folium (“leaf, foil”).

Noun

bille f (plural billes)

  1. tree trunk (chopped down, ready for sawing)
  2. railway sleeper
  3. rolling pin

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bille

  1. inflection of biller:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

From Scots and English bill.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲɪlʲə/

Noun

bille m (genitive singular bille, nominative plural billí)

  1. bill
  2. currency note

Declension

Declension of bille (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bille billí
vocative a bhille a bhillí
genitive bille billí
dative bille billí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bille na billí
genitive an bhille na mbillí
dative leis an mbille
don bhille 		leis na billí

Derived terms

  • bille airgid (“money-bill”)
  • bille bainc (“bank-bill”)
  • bille cainníochta (“bill of quantities”)
  • bille costais (“bill of costs”)
  • bille díolacháin (“bill of sale”)
  • bille díotála (“bill of indictment”)
  • bille iompair (“way-bill”)
  • bille láimhe (“hand-bill”)
  • bille luchtaithe (“bill of loading”)
  • bille malairte (“bill of exchange”)
  • bille parlaiminte (“parliamentary bill”)
  • bille sibhialta (“civil bill”)
  • bille slánaithe (“bill of indemnity”)
  • bille státchiste (“treasury bill”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bille
radical lenition eclipsis
bille bhille mbille

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English bill.

Noun

bille f (plural billes)

  1. (Jersey) note

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

bille m (definite singular billen, indefinite plural biller, definite plural billene)

  1. a beetle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bille f (definite singular billa, indefinite plural biller, definite plural billene)

  1. a beetle

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbil.le/, [ˈbiɫ.ɫe]

Noun

bille

  1. dative singular of bil

Old French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Frankish *bikkil.

Noun

bille oblique singular, f (oblique plural billes, nominative singular bille, nominative plural billes)

  1. stick; baton
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Latin bulla. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Doublet of bulle.

Noun

bille oblique singular, f (oblique plural billes, nominative singular bille, nominative plural billes)

  2. written decree, announcement (etc.)
Descendants

References

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