bille

See also: Bille and 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

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bij/
  • Audio(file)

Etymology 1

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

bille f (plural billes)

  1. marble (spherical ball)
  2. (snooker, billiards) ball
  3. ball bearing
  4. (slang) dimwit
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Italian: biglia, bilia
    • → Arabic: بِلْيَة (bilya)
    • → Turkish: bilye
  • → Portuguese: bilha
  • → Vietnamese: bi

Etymology 2

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

bille f (plural billes)

  1. tree trunk (chopped down, ready for sawing)
  2. railway sleeper
  3. rolling pin

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bille

  1. inflection of biller:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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
  • 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

Etymology

Borrowed from English bill.

Noun

bille f (plural billes)

  1. (Jersey) note

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

  1. a beetle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

  1. a beetle

Old French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Frankish *bikkil.

Noun

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

  1. stick; baton
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Latin bulla.

Noun

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

  1. written decree, announcement (etc.)
Descendants

References
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