bille

See also: billé

Danish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bitulaz, *bītilaz (“that which tends to bite, biter, beetle”), from *bītaną; equivalent to bide +‎ -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

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bij/

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Etymology 1

From Middle French bille, from Old French bille (“small ball”), from Frankish *bikkil (“ossicle, a die”), from Proto-Germanic *bikkilaz (“ossicle, talus”). Cognate with Dutch bikkel (“dibs, die”), West Frisian bikkel (“a 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

• bille en tête
• roulement à billes
• stylo à bille
• toucher sa bille

Etymology 2

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

Verb

bille

1. first-person singular present indicative of biller
2. third-person singular present indicative of biller
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of biller
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of biller
5. second-person singular imperative of biller

Related terms

• billon

Further reading

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

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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 Case Singular Plural Nominative bille billí Vocative a bhille a bhillí Genitive bille billí Dative bille billí

Forms with the definite article Case 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bille	bhille	mbille
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "bille" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “bille” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “bille” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English bill.

Noun

bille f (plural billes)

1. (Jersey) note

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

1. a beetle

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

1. a beetle

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Old French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Frankish *bikkil.

Noun

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

1. stick; baton

Descendants

• French: bille

Etymology 2

From Latin bulla.

Noun

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

1. written decree, announcement (etc.)

Descendants

• → Middle English: bille
  • English: bill

References

• bille on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (bille)
• bille on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)