different between bigge vs bilge

English

Adjective

bigge

1. Obsolete spelling of big

Middle English

Etymology

Of unknown origin, possibly from a dialect of Old Norse. Compare dialectal Norwegian bugge (“great man”).

Adjective

bigge

1. big; large; of considerable size

Descendants

• English: big

References

• “bigge, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?pi????e/

Verb

b?gge

1. inflection of bieggat:
   1. first-person dual present indicative
   2. third-person plural past indicative

English

Etymology

Likely derived from bulge. Compare Middle English bulgen (“to ground or scuttle a ship”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?ld?/

Noun

bilge (countable and uncountable, plural bilges)

1. (nautical) The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.
2. (nautical) The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates.
3. (uncountable) The water accumulated in the bilge, the bilge water.
4. (slang, uncountable) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.
5. The bulging part of a barrel or cask.

Translations

Verb

bilge (third-person singular simple present bilges, present participle bilging, simple past and past participle bilged)

1. (nautical, intransitive) To spring a leak in the bilge.
2. (intransitive) To bulge or swell.
3. (nautical, transitive) To break open the bilge(s) of.

Related terms

• bilgewater / bilge water
• bilge pump

Translations

Anagrams

• blige, gibel

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic ????????????????????? (b²il²ga /bilge/, “wise”), from ????????????? (b²il² /bil-/, “to know”) + ????????? (ga /-ge/). Compare bil- (“to know”). Fallen into disuse since the 15th century, but revived in 1935 in the campaign by the Türk Dil Kurumu to replace many loanwords by words with native Turkic roots.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bil??e/

Adjective

bilge (comparative daha bilge, superlative en bilge)

1. wise, sage, profound

Noun

bilge (definite accusative bilgeyi, plural bilgeler)

1. wise person
2. polymath

See also

• ak?ll?
• bilgin
• zeki
• alim