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bil

bil

See also: bił

English

Numeral

bil

  1. Abbreviation of billion.

Anagrams


Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪl/
  • Homophone: byl

Verb

bil

  1. Masculine singular past participle of bít

Danish

Etymology

From automobil (automobile), from French automobile (automotive).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biːl/, [b̥iːˀl]

Noun

bil c (singular definite bilen, plural indefinite biler)

  1. car, automobile

Descendants

Declension


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

bil f (plural billen, diminutive billetje n)

  1. A buttock, usually used in the plural: billen, unless specified as left/right

Derived terms


Elfdalian

Etymology

Presumably from Swedish bil.

Noun

bil m

  1. car, automobile

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piːl/
  • Rhymes: -iːl
  • Homophone: byl

Noun

bil n (genitive singular bils, plural bil)

  1. A space
  2. A while, time, period

Declension

n3 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bil bilið bil bilini
Accusative bil bilið bil bilini
Dative bili bilinum bilum bilunum
Genitive bils bilsins bila bilanna

Noun

bil

  1. accusative singular of bilur

Hausa

Noun

bîl m

  1. bill, invoice

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bil, from Proto-Germanic *bilą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɪːl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪːl
  • Homophone: byl

Noun

bil n (genitive singular bils, nominative plural bil)

  1. space, interval
  2. period of time, moment, space
  3. (computing) space
  4. damage, wound, nick
  5. (archaic) hesitation, break (in some action, process, etc.)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms


Lojban

Rafsi

bil

  1. rafsi of bilni.

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biːl/
  • Rhymes: -iːl

Etymology

This word originates from a contest to create a Norwegian word for car. The winning proposition was "bil", a short form of automobil.

Noun

bil m (definite singular bilen, indefinite plural biler, definite plural bilene)

  1. a car, automobile

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

As above.

Noun

bil m (definite singular bilen, indefinite plural bilar, definite plural bilane)

  1. a car or automobile

Derived terms

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Old English

Noun

bil n

  1. (poetic) A kind of sword or other bladed weapon, apparently having two edges
    Abrægd mid ðy bille. He brandished with his sword.

Declension

Descendants

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Swedish

Etymology

Short for automobil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biːl/

Noun

bil c

  1. a car, an automobile

Declension

Inflection of bil 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bil bilen bilar bilarna
Genitive bils bilens bilars bilarnas

Related terms

References


Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English bill.

Noun

bil

  1. bill

Turkish

Verb

bil

  1. imperative of bilmek

Volapük

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English beer and German Bier (this deformation was changed back to the original "r" sound)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bil]

Noun

bil (plural bils)

  1. bile, gall (an obsolete English term for bile)
  2. (obsolete word (the "l" was changed to "r") for bir "beer") beer

Declension

Derived terms

  • bilaston
  • bilavesid
  • bilik

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowing from English bill (note of charges for goods; list), from Middle English bille (document), from Anglo-Norman bille, from Old French bulle, from Medieval Latin bulla (seal; sealed document).

Noun

bil m (plural biliau)

  1. bill (receipt)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
bil fil mil unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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