bille
See also: billé
Danish
French
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bij/
Audio (file)
Noun
bille f (plural billes)
- tree trunk (chopped down, ready for sawing)
- railway sleeper
- rolling pin
- (slang) dimwit
Verb
bille
Further reading
- “bille” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Irish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʲɪlʲə/
Declension
Declension of bille
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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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 | ||
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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
- "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.
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Old French
Descendants
- French: bille
Noun
bille f (oblique plural billes, nominative singular bille, nominative plural billes)
- written decree, announcement (etc.)
Descendants
- English: bill (borrowed)
References
- 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)
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