bile
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Mid 16th century, via Middle French, from Latin bīlis (“bile”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidrós (“bitter”). See bitter.
NounEdit
bile (usually uncountable, plural biles)
- 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.
- Bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility.
- Two of the four humours, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology.
- 1890, Walter Scott, The Journal of Sir Walter Scott[1]:
- I shall tire of my Journal if it is to contain nothing but biles and plasters and unguents.
- 1616, Alexander Roberts, A Treatise of Witchcraft[2]:
- He spake out of the Pythonesse, Act. 16. 17. brought downe fire from heauen, and consumed Iobs sheepe 7000. and his seruants, raised a storme, strooke the house wherein his sonnes and daughters feasted with their elder brother, smote the foure corners of it, with the ruine whereof they all were destroyed, and perished: and ouerspread the body of that holy Saint their father with botches[t] and biles from the sole of his foot to the crowne of his head.
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Etymology 2Edit
Obsolete form of boil. Akin to Dutch buil and German Beule, all from Proto-Germanic *būlǭ.
NounEdit
bile (plural biles)
VerbEdit
bile (third-person singular simple present biles, present participle biling or bileing, simple past and past participle biled)
- Pronunciation spelling of boil.
- 1912, Stella George Stern Perry, Melindy (page 130)
- We pretty near biled ourselves and Miss Euly done got her bes' pink apron stained, an' I dropped Sis Suky's big kitchen spoon in de hogshead of sand […]
- 1912, Stella George Stern Perry, Melindy (page 130)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for bile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
AnagramsEdit
AlbanianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bile f (indefinite plural bile, definite singular bilja, definite plural bilet)
DeclensionEdit
Etymology 2Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
ParticleEdit
bile
- (colloquial) Reinforces what has already been said; even, in fact, furthermore
- Synonym: madje
- bile bile ― as a matter of fact
ReferencesEdit
- “bile” on fjalorthi.com
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bile f (uncountable)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “bile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
IrishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Irish bile, from Proto-Celtic *belyom (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom (“leaf”).
NounEdit
bile m (genitive singular bile, nominative plural bilí)
- tree, especially a large, ancient, sacred one
- scion; distinguished person
Derived termsEdit
- bile buí (“corn marigold”)
- bile measa (“arbitrator”)
- biliúil (“tree-like, stately”, adjective)
Etymology 2Edit
See béal (“lip”)
NounEdit
bile m (genitive singular bile, nominative plural bilí)
- rim (of vessel)
DeclensionEdit
MutationEdit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bile | bhile | mbile |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further readingEdit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 bile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Probably borrowed from Latin bīlis (“bile”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bile f (plural bili)
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
NounEdit
bīle
Norwegian BokmålEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German bīle (“axe”).
NounEdit
bile f or m (definite singular bila or bilen, indefinite plural biler, definite plural bilene)
Etymology 2Edit
From bil.
VerbEdit
bile (present tense biler, past tense bilte, past participle bilt)
- To ride a car
ReferencesEdit
“bile” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German bīle (“axe”).
NounEdit
bile f (definite singular bila, indefinite plural biler, definite plural bilene)
Etymology 2Edit
From bil.
VerbEdit
bile (present tense bilar or biler, past tense bila or bilte, past participle bila or bilt)
- To ride a car
ReferencesEdit
“bile” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Celtic *belyos (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolyo- (“leaf”). Cognate with Latin folium, Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon), and Old Armenian բողբոջ (bołboǰ).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bile m (genitive bili, nominative plural bili)
- tree, especially a large, ancient, sacred one
DeclensionEdit
Masculine io-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | bile | bileL | biliL |
Vocative | bili | bileL | biliu |
Accusative | bileN | bileL | biliuH |
Genitive | biliL | bileL | bileN |
Dative | biliuL | bilib | bilib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
MutationEdit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
bile | bile pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbile |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
ReferencesEdit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 bile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
bile f (uncountable)
RomanianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bile f
- inflection of bilă:
Scottish GaelicEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Irish bél (“lip”).[1] Related to beul.
NounEdit
bile f (genitive singular bile, plural bilean)
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
bile m (genitive singular bile, plural bilean)
- bill (for law)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 419
Serbo-CroatianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بیله (bile) (Turkish bile).
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
bìle (Cyrillic spelling бѝле)
ParticipleEdit
bile (Cyrillic spelling биле)
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ottoman Turkish بیله (bile), from Proto-Turkic *bile (“with, together, also”). Cognate with Turkish ile.
ConjunctionEdit
bile
West FrisianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Middle Dutch bile or Middle Low German bîle, bîl (“axe”), both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bilją.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bile c (plural bilen, diminutive byltsje)
Further readingEdit
- “bile”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
YolaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English boillen, from Old French boillir. It's a vulgar pronunciation in Ireland.
VerbEdit
bile (simple past bilethe or bilo't)
- to boil
ReferencesEdit
- Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 26