bil

English

Numeral

bil

1. Abbreviation of billion.

Anagrams

• BLI, LIB, Lib, Lib., lib

Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *piːᴬ (“year”). Cognate with Thai ปี (bpii), Northern Thai ᨸᩦ, Lao ປີ (pī), Lü ᦔᦲ (ṗii), Shan ပီ (pǐi), Tai Nüa ᥙᥤ (pi), Phake ပီ (pī), Ahom 𑜆𑜣 (pī), Zhuang bi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi˨˦/

Noun

bil

1. year

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Homophone: byl

Etymology 1

Verb

bil

1. second-person singular imperative of bílit

Etymology 2

Participle

bil

1. masculine singular past active participle of bít

Danish

Etymology

From a clipping of automobil (“automobile”), from French automobile (“automotive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːl/,
• Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

bil c (singular definite bilen, plural indefinite biler)

1. car, automobile

Declension

Descendants

• → Faroese: bilur
• → Greenlandic: biili
• → Icelandic: bíll
• → Norwegian Bokmål: bil
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: bil
• → Swedish: bil

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪl/

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• Hyphenation: bil
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bille, often used in compounds, borrowed from Ingvaeonic/North Sea West Germanic *belle, from Proto-Germanic *balliō-, a variant of *balluz.

Noun

bil f (plural billen, diminutive billetje n)

1. A buttock, usually used in the plural: billen, unless specified as left/right

Derived terms

Descendants

• Negerhollands: bel, bil
• → Sranan Tongo: bele

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bíþla- (“axe”), instrumental noun from *bītaną (“to bite”).

However, compare *bilją (“blade, axe”), which could have influenced its development.

Noun

bil f (plural billen, diminutive billetje n)

1. a hammer-like double-edged tool used by stonecutters and millers

Synonyms

• bilhamer, zwaaispits, tweespits

Derived terms

• billen, biller, steenbiller, bilhamer, bilmachine

References

Further reading

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “bil1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Elfdalian

Etymology

Presumably from Swedish bil.

Noun

bil m

1. car, automobile

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bil, from Proto-Germanic *bilą, of uncertain origin. Compare *biliþī (“likeness, evenness”) and *bilōn- (“to give way”), *bibāną (“to shiver, tremble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl
• Homophone: byl

Noun

bil n (genitive singular bils, plural bil)

1. A space
2. A while, time, period

Declension

Noun

bil

1. accusative singular of bilur

Garo

Etymology

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

Noun

bil

1. strength

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English bill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bîl/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

Noun

bîl m

1. bill, invoice

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bil, from Proto-Germanic *bilą, of uncertain origin. Compare *biliþī (“likeness, evenness”) and *bilōn- (“to give way”), *bibāną (“to shiver, tremble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪːl/
• Rhymes: -ɪːl
• Homophone: byl

Noun

bil n (genitive singular bils, nominative plural bil)

1. space, interval
2. period of time, moment, space
3. (computing) space
4. damage, wound, nick
5. (archaic) hesitation, break (in some action, process, etc.)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• bila

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 63-64

Khalaj

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بیل (bil)

Pronunciation

• (Talxâbî) IPA^(key):
• (Xarrâbî) IPA^(key):

Noun

bil (definite accusative bilü, plural billər)

1. shovel

Declension

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1971) Khalaj Materials, Indiana University, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

bil

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

This word originates from a Danish newspaper's contest to create a word for car. The winning proposition was "bil", a short form of automobil. This word was subsequently adopted into Norwegian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

bil m (definite singular bilen, indefinite plural biler, definite plural bilene)

1. a car, automobile

Derived terms

References

• “bil” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

bil

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

This word originates from a Danish newspaper's contest to create a word for car. The winning proposition was "bil", a short form of automobil. This word was subsequently adopted into Norwegian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːl/

Noun

bil m (definite singular bilen, indefinite plural bilar, definite plural bilane)

1. a car, automobile

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bil.

Noun

bìl n (definite singular bìlet, indefinite plural bìl, definite plural bìli)

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of bel

References

• “bil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *billi, from Proto-Germanic *bilją. Cognate with Old Saxon bil, Old High German bill (German Bille (“pickaxe”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bil/

Noun

bil n

1. (poetic) a kind of sword or other bladed weapon, apparently having two edges
   • Abrægd mid ðy bille. ― He brandished with his sword.
   • 10th century, Anglo-Saxon Riddles of the Exeter Book‎:

     Ic eom anhaga iserne wund bille gebennad beadoweorca sæd ecgum werig

     I am a lonely thing, wounded with iron, smitten by sword, sated with battle-work, weary of blades.

Declension

Descendants

• English: bill

See also

• mēċe m
• seċġ m
• sweord n

Swedish

Etymology

From Danish bil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːl/

• audio

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Noun

bil c

1. a car, an automobile

Declension

Derived terms

References

• bil in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• bli, ibl.

Tatar

Noun

bil

1. a kind of salmon (Salmo Taimen)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English bill.

Noun

bil

1. bill

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

bil

1. second-person singular imperative of bilmek

Volapük

Alternative forms

• bir (this is the modern word (spelling) for "beer")

Etymology

From English beer and German Bier (this deformation was later changed back to the original "r" sound).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

bil (nominative plural bils)

1. bile
2. (obsolete) beer

Usage notes

• (beer): The "l" was later changed to "r" for bir (“beer”).

Declension

Derived terms

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English bill (“note of charges for goods; list”), from Middle English bille (“document”), from Anglo-Norman bille, from Old French bulle, from Medieval Latin bulla (“seal; sealed document”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

bil m (plural biliau)

1. bill (receipt)

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bil”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Zou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bil˧/

Noun

bil

1. ear

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41