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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Mid 16th century, via Middle French, from Latin bīlis (“bile”).
Noun
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: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: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.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
secretion produced by the liver
- Aklanon: apdo'
- Albanian: vrer (sq) m
- Amharic: አሞት (ʾämot)
- Arabic: صَفْرَاء f (ṣafrāʔ)
- Argobba: መራሬ (märare)
- Armenian: լեղի (hy) (leġi), մաղձ (hy) (maġj)
- Aromanian: heari f
- Assamese: পিত (pit)
- Asturian: felén (ast) f, fiel (ast) f
- Azerbaijani: öd (az), səfra
- Bashkir: үт (üt)
- Basque: behazun (eu)
- Belarusian: жоўць f (žoŭcʹ)
- Bulgarian: жлъчка f (žlǎčka), жлъч (bg) f (žlǎč)
- Burmese: သည်းခြေ (my) (sany:hkre)
- Catalan: bilis f, fel (ca) m or f
- Cebuano: apdo
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 膽汁/胆汁 (zh) (dǎnzhī)
- Chuvash: ват (vat)
- Crimean Tatar: öt
- Czech: žluč (cs) f
- Dalmatian: fial m
- Danish: galde (da) c
- Dutch: gal (nl) m or f
- Esperanto: galo (eo)
- Estonian: sapp
- Faroese: gall n
- Finnish: sappi (fi)
- French: bile (fr) f, fiel (fr) m
- Friulian: fêl
- Galician: fel (gl) m, bile (gl) f
- Ge'ez: ሐሞት (ḥämot)
- Georgian: ნაღველი (naɣveli)
- German: Galle (de) f
- Greek: χολή (el) f (cholí)
- Ancient: χολή f (kholḗ)
- Hebrew: מרה (he) f (mara)
- Hindi: पित्त (hi) m (pitt)
- Hungarian: epe (hu)
- Icelandic: gall n
- Indonesian: empedu (id)
- Irish: domlas m
- Italian: fiele (it) m
- Japanese: 胆汁 (ja) (たんじゅう, tanjū)
- Javanese: peru (jv)
- Kapampangan: atdu
- Kazakh: өт (öt)
- Korean: 쓸개즙 (sseulgaejeup)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: zerav (ku) f
- Kyrgyz: өт (ky) (öt)
- Latin: bīlis f, fel n
- Latvian: žults m
- Lithuanian: tulži̇̀s
- Macedonian: жолчка f (žolčka)
- Malay: hempedu (ms)
- Malayalam: പിത്തം (ml) (pittaṁ)
- Mansaka: apdo
- Maori: waiate
- Mingrelian: ნაღმელი (naɣmeli)
- Mongolian: цөс (mn) (cös)
- Nanai: силтэ (silte)
- Navajo: łitsoii, atłʼizh
- Neapolitan: fèle m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: galle m
- Nynorsk: galle m
- Occitan: fèl (oc)
- Old Church Slavonic: зльчь f (zlĭčĭ)
- Old English: ġealla m
- Old Turkic: 𐰇𐰓 (üd² /öd/)
- Olukumi: rírorò
- Ossetian: маст (mast)
- Ottoman Turkish: اود (öd), صفرا (safra)
- Persian: زرداب (fa) (zardâb), زهره (fa) (zahre), صفرا (fa) (safrâ)
- Plautdietsch: Gaul f
- Polish: żółć (pl) f
- Portuguese: fel (pt) f, bile (pt) f, bílis (pt) f
- Romanian: bilă (ro) f, fiere (ro) f
- Russian: желчь (ru) f (želčʹ), жёлчь (ru) f (žolčʹ)
- Sanskrit: अग्नि (sa) m (agni), पित्त (sa) m (pitta)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: жуч f
- Roman: žuč (sh) f
- Shan: ၼမ်ႉလီ (nâ̰m lǐi)
- Sicilian: feli
- Slovak: žlč (sk) f
- Slovene: žolč (sl) m
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: žołc m
- Upper Sorbian: žołč m
- Spanish: bilis (es) f, hiel (es) f
- Svan: ნანღველ (nanɣvel)
- Swahili: nyongo
- Swedish: galla (sv) c
- Tagalog: apdo
- Tamil: பித்தநீர் (ta) (pittanīr), பிச்சு (ta) (piccu)
- Tatar: үт (tt) (üt)
- Tausug: apdu
- Telugu: పైత్యరసము (paityarasamu)
- Tetum: horun
- Thai: น้ำดี (th) (náam-dii)
- Tocharian B: pit
- Turkish: öd (tr), safra (tr)
- Ukrainian: жовч f (žovč)
- Urdu: پت m
- Uzbek: oʻt (uz)
- Venetian: fiel
- Vietnamese: mật (vi)
- Volapük: bil (vo)
- Welsh: bustl (cy) m
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: epezu
- Yiddish: גאַל f (gal)
- Yoruba: òróòro
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bitterness of temper; ill humour
Etymology 2
Obsolete form of boil. Akin to Dutch buil and German Beule, all from Proto-Germanic *būlǭ.
Noun
bile (plural biles)
- (obsolete) A boil (kind of swelling).
Verb
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 […]
References
Anagrams
Albanian
Etymology 1
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”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bile f (plural bile, definite bilja, definite plural bilet)
- (childish) weenie (penis)
Declension
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Particle
bile
- (colloquial) Reinforces what has already been said; even, in fact, furthermore
- Synonym: madje
- bile bile ― as a matter of fact
References
- “bile”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
French
Etymology
From Latin bilis.
Pronunciation
Noun
bile f (uncountable)
- bile
Derived terms
Further reading
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish bile, from Proto-Celtic *belyom (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom (“leaf”).
Noun
bile m (genitive singular bile, nominative plural bilí)
- tree, especially a large, ancient, sacred one
- scion; distinguished person
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See béal (“lip”)
Noun
bile m (genitive singular bile, nominative plural bilí)
- rim (of vessel)
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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bile
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bhile
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mbile
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- 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
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin bīlis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbi.le/
- Rhymes: -ile
- Hyphenation: bì‧le
Noun
bile f (plural bili)
- (physiology) bile
- anger
Derived terms
See also
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
bīle
- ablative singular of bīlis
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /²biːl.ə/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle Low German bīle (“axe”).
Noun
bile f or m (definite singular bila or bilen, indefinite plural biler, definite plural bilene)
- An axe, espescially a broadaxe
Etymology 2
From bil.
Verb
bile (present tense biler, past tense bilte, past participle bilt)
- To ride a car
References
“bile” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /²biːl.ə/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle Low German bīle (“axe”).
Noun
bile f (definite singular bila, indefinite plural biler, definite plural bilene)
- An axe, espescially a broadaxe
Etymology 2
From bil.
Verb
bile (present tense bilar or biler, past tense bila or bilte, past participle bila or bilt)
- To ride a car
References
“bile” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *belyos (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolyo- (“leaf”). Cognate with Latin folium, Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon), and Old Armenian բողբոջ (bołboǰ).
Pronunciation
Noun
bile m (genitive bili, nominative plural bili)
- tree, especially a large, ancient, sacred one
Declension
Masculine io-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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Nominative
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bile
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bileL
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biliL
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Vocative
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bili
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bileL
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biliu
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Accusative
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bileN
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bileL
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biliuH
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Genitive
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biliL
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bileL
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bileN
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Dative
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biliuL
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bilib
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bilib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation
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Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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bile
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bile pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
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mbile
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin bilis.
Pronunciation
Noun
bile f (uncountable)
- gall; bile
- Synonyms: fel, bílis
Romanian
Pronunciation
Noun
bile f
- inflection of bilă:
- indefinite plural
- indefinite genitive/dative singular
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology 1
From Old Irish bél (“lip”). Related to beul.
Noun
bile f (genitive singular bile, plural bilean)
- lip (of mouth)
- rim (of container)
- brim (of hat)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English bill.
Noun
bile m (genitive singular bile, plural bilean)
- bill (for law)
References
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بیله (bile) (Turkish bile).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bǐle/
- Hyphenation: bi‧le
Adverb
bìle (Cyrillic spelling бѝле)
- (regional) moreover, even
bile je i on došao čak i on- even he came
Participle
bile (Cyrillic spelling биле)
- feminine plural active past participle of biti
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish بیله (bile), from Proto-Turkic *bile (“with, together, also”). Cognate with Turkish ile.
Conjunction
bile
- neither, even
West Frisian
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Dutch bile or Middle Low German bîle, bîl (“axe”), both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bilją.
Pronunciation
Noun
bile c (plural bilen, diminutive byltsje)
- axe
Further reading
- “bile”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English boillen, from Old French boillir. This is a vulgar pronunciation in Ireland.
Pronunciation
Verb
bile (simple past bilethe or bilo't)
- to boil
Derived terms
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, published 1867, page 26