bille
Danish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
bille c (singular definite billen, plural indefinite biller)
Inflection edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
bille f (plural billes)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
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 edit
bille f (plural billes)
- tree trunk (chopped down, ready for sawing)
- railway sleeper
- rolling pin
Related terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
bille
- inflection of biller:
Further reading edit
- “bille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bille m (genitive singular bille, nominative plural billí)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- 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 edit
Irish mutation | ||
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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 edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- 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.
Norman edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
bille f (plural billes)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
bille m (definite singular billen, indefinite plural biller, definite plural billene)
- a beetle
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
bille f (definite singular billa, indefinite plural biller, definite plural billene)
- a beetle
Old French edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Frankish *bikkil.
Noun edit
bille oblique singular, f (oblique plural billes, nominative singular bille, nominative plural billes)
Descendants edit
- Middle French: bille
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
bille oblique singular, f (oblique plural billes, nominative singular bille, nominative plural billes)
- written decree, announcement (etc.)
Descendants edit
References edit
- bille on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bille)
- bille on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)