biel

== Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French bille. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bil/ Hyphenation: biel Rhymes: -il === Noun === biel f (plural biels, diminutive bieltje n) (archaic) railway sleeper ==== Usage notes ==== The plural form has been reanalysed as a new singular form. The original singular is no longer commonly used. ==== Synonyms ==== biels dwarsligger == Friulian == === Etymology === From Latin bellus. === Adjective === biel m (plural biei, feminine biele, feminine plural bielis) beautiful, handsome ==== Related terms ==== bielece == Istriot == === Alternative forms === bielo === Etymology === From Latin bellus. === Adjective === biel m (plural bai, feminine biela, feminine plural biele) beautiful ==== Related terms ==== balissa == Maltese == === Etymology === From Arabic بالَ (bāla). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɪːl/ Rhymes: -ɪːl === Verb === biel (imperfect jbul) (chiefly informal) to pee, piss, urinate Synonyms: pixxa, għadda l-awrina, (rarely) għamel l-awrina, awrina Għandi bżonn inbul. ― I need to piss. ==== Usage notes ==== This verb is usually equivalent to English “pee” or “piss” (though not as vulgar as the latter). However, biel is at times found in formal texts, as it is the inherited Arabic word and may thus be favoured in purist style. ==== Conjugation ==== == Old Polish == === Alternative forms === bil === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělъ. First attested in the 15th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /bʲɛːlʲ/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /bʲelʲ/ === Noun === biel m animacy unattested wheat flour unsalted fat mud, swamp white lead (attested in Lesser Poland) The meaning of this term is uncertain. === References === B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “biel”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN == Polish == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛl Syllabification: biel === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Polish biel, from Proto-Slavic *bělъ. ==== Noun ==== biel f white (color) Synonym: białość white (dye) white (clothes) ubrany w biel ― dressed in white (Near Masovian) wetlands; lowland ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělь. ==== Noun ==== biel m inan (related adjective bielasty) sapwood ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== biel second-person singular imperative of bielić === Further reading === biel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN biel in Polish dictionaries at PWN Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889), “biel”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny‎[7] (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 240 == Serbo-Croatian == === Adjective === biel (Cyrillic spelling биел) obsolete spelling of bijel