Biel
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Biel
- Synonym of Bienne (“a town and municipality in Bern canton, Switzerland”).
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun[edit]
Biel
- A village in East Lothian council area, Scotland.
Etymology 3[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
Biel (plural Biels)
- A surname.
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Biel m
- a diminutive of the male given name Gabriel
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Biel n (proper noun, strong, genitive Biels)
- Bienne (city in Switzerland)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
German Low German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German bîl, from the merger of Old Saxon bīl, bil (“peg, nail”) and Old Saxon bil, bill (“hatchet, sword, battle-axe”). Apparently at least partly from Proto-Germanic *bilją (“blade, sword, nail, peg”), but conflated early on with another word, see that entry for more.
Noun[edit]
Biel n (plural Bielen or Bilen)
Plautdietsch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German bîl, see German Low German Biel for more.
Noun[edit]
Biel n (plural Biels)
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Polish biel (“white”) or Old Polish biel (“mud, swamp”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Biel m pers
- a male surname
Declension[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
Biel f
- a female surname
Declension[edit]
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Further reading[edit]
- “Biel”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
Portuguese[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Biel m
- pet form of Gabriel
- English terms borrowed from German
- English terms derived from German
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Towns in Switzerland
- en:Municipalities of Switzerland
- en:Places in Switzerland
- en:Villages in East Lothian, Scotland
- en:Villages in Scotland
- en:Places in East Lothian, Scotland
- en:Places in Scotland
- English surnames
- Catalan clippings
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- Catalan given names
- Catalan male given names
- Catalan diminutives of male given names
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- German Low German terms inherited from Middle Low German
- German Low German terms derived from Middle Low German
- German Low German terms inherited from Old Saxon
- German Low German terms derived from Old Saxon
- German Low German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German Low German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German Low German lemmas
- German Low German nouns
- German Low German neuter nouns
- Plautdietsch terms inherited from Middle Low German
- Plautdietsch terms derived from Middle Low German
- Plautdietsch lemmas
- Plautdietsch nouns
- Plautdietsch neuter nouns
- Plautdietsch 1-syllable words
- Polish 1-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɛl
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛl/1 syllable
- Polish lemmas
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- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish personal nouns
- Polish surnames
- Polish male surnames
- Polish feminine nouns
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- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns