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English

Etymology 1

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Noun

bbl (plural bbls)

1. Abbreviation of barrel, notably for oil.

Translations

Etymology 2

Phrase

bbl

1. (Internet) Alternative form of BBL

English

Numeral

bil

1. Abbreviation of billion.

Anagrams

• LIB, Lib, Lib., lib

Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *pi?? (“year”). Cognate with Thai ?? (bpii), Northern Thai ??, Lao ?? (p?), Lü ?? (?ii), Shan ?? (p?i), Tai Nüa ?? (pi), Phake ??, Ahom ???????? (pii), Zhuang bi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi??/

Noun

bil

1. year

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?l/
• Homophone: byl

Verb

bil

1. masculine singular past participle of bít

Danish

Etymology

From a clipping of automobil (“automobile”), from French automobile (“automotive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi?l/, [b?i??l]
• Rhymes: -i?l

Noun

bil c (singular definite bilen, plural indefinite biler)

1. car, automobile

Declension

Descendants

• ? Faroese: bilur
• ? Greenlandic: biili
• ? Icelandic: bíll
• ? Norwegian Bokmål: bil
• ? Norwegian Nynorsk: bil
• ? Swedish: bil

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?l/
• Hyphenation: bil
• Rhymes: -?l

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bille, often used in compounds, borrowed from Ingvaeonic/North Sea West Germanic *belle, from Proto-Germanic *balli?-, a variant of *balluz.

Noun

bil f (plural billen, diminutive billetje n)

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

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bíþla- (“axe”), instrumental noun from *b?tan? (“to bite”).

However, compare *bilj? (“blade, axe”), which could have influenced its development.

Noun

bil f (plural billen, diminutive billetje n)

1. a hammer-like double-edged tool used by stonecutters and millers

Synonyms

• bilhamer, zwaaispits, tweespits

Derived terms

• billen, biller, steenbiller, bilhamer, bilmachine

References

Further reading

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010) , “bil1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Elfdalian

Etymology

Presumably from Swedish bil.

Noun

bil m

1. car, automobile

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bil, from Proto-Germanic *bil?, of uncertain origin. Compare *biliþ? (“likeness, evenness”) and *bil?n- (“to give way”), *bib?n? (“to shiver, tremble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi?l/
• Rhymes: -i?l
• Homophone: byl

Noun

bil n (genitive singular bils, plural bil)

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

Declension

Noun

bil

1. accusative singular of bilur

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bil

1. strength

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English bill.

Noun

bîl m

1. bill, invoice

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bil, from Proto-Germanic *bil?, of uncertain origin. Compare *biliþ? (“likeness, evenness”) and *bil?n- (“to give way”), *bib?n? (“to shiver, tremble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??l/
• Rhymes: -??l
• 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

• bila

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN, page 63-64

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

This word originates from a Danish newspaper's contest to create a word for car. The winning proposition was "bil", a short form of automobil. This word was subsequently adopted into Norwegian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi?l/
• Rhymes: -i?l

Noun

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

1. a car, automobile

Derived terms

References

• “bil” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

This word originates from a Danish newspaper's contest to create a word for car. The winning proposition was "bil", a short form of automobil. This word was subsequently adopted into Norwegian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi?l/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

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

1. a car, automobile

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bil.

Noun

bìl n (definite singular bìlet, indefinite plural bìl, definite plural bìli)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1917; superseded by bel

References

• “bil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From West Germanic *billo-, from Proto-Germanic *bilj?. Cognate with Old Saxon bil, Old High German bill (German Bille (“pickaxe”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bil/

Noun

bil n

1. (poetic) a kind of sword or other bladed weapon, apparently having two edges

Declension

Descendants

• English: bill

See also

• m??e m
• se?? m
• sweord n

Swedish

Etymology

From Danish bil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi?l/

Noun

bil c

1. a car, an automobile

Declension

Derived terms

References

• bil in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• bli, ibl.

Tatar

Noun

bil

1. a kind of salmon (Salmo Taimen)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English bill.

Noun

bil

1. bill

Turkish

Verb

bil

1. imperative of bilmek

Volapük

Alternative forms

• bir (this is the modern word (spelling) for "beer", cf. de: Bier, nds: Beer, Bier, yi: ???? (bir) (bir), it: birra, fr: bière, el: ????? (bíra) (bíra), nl: bier, ja: ??? (b?ru), id: bir, ia: bira, io: biro)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bil]

Noun

bil (nominative 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

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?l/

Noun

bil m (plural biliau)

1. bill (receipt)

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “bil”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Zou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bil?/

Noun

bil

1. ear

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41