bille

== Danish == === Etymology === From English beetle; equivalent to bide (“to bite”) +‎ -le. See also Icelandic bitil, bitul (“a bite, bit”), Faroese bitil (“small piece, bittock”). === Noun === bille c (singular definite billen, plural indefinite biller) beetle ==== Inflection ==== === References === == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bij/ === 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) marble (spherical ball) (snooker, billiards) ball ball bearing (slang) dimwit ===== Derived terms ===== bille en tête roulement à billes stylo à bille toucher sa bille ===== Descendants ===== → Italian: biglia, bilia (once more common)→ Arabic: بِلْيَة (bilya)→ Turkish: bilye → Portuguese: bilha → Romanian: bilă → 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) tree trunk (chopped down, ready for sawing) railway sleeper rolling pin ===== Related terms ===== billon === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== bille inflection of biller: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “bille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Irish == === Etymology === From Scots and English bill. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʲilʲə/ Homophone: bpille === Noun === bille m (genitive singular bille, nominative plural billí) bill currency note ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “bille”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “bille”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == Norman == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bill. === Noun === bille f (plural billes) (Jersey) note == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === bille m (definite singular billen, indefinite plural biller, definite plural billene) a beetle == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === bille f (definite singular billa, indefinite plural biller, definite plural billene) a beetle == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbil.le/, [ˈbiɫ.ɫe] === Noun === bille dative singular of bil == Old French == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Frankish *bikkil. ==== Noun ==== bille oblique singular, f (oblique plural billes, nominative singular bille, nominative plural billes) stick; baton ===== Descendants ===== Middle French: bille French: bille→ Italian: biglia, bilia (once more common)→ Arabic: بِلْيَة (bilya)→ Turkish: bilye→ Portuguese: bilha→ Romanian: bilă→ Vietnamese: bi → Middle Breton: bilien sg Breton: bili → Cornish: bili === Etymology 2 === From Latin bulla. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Doublet of bulle. ==== Noun ==== bille oblique singular, f (oblique plural billes, nominative singular bille, nominative plural billes) written decree, announcement (etc.) ===== Descendants ===== → Middle English: bille English: bill === 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)