bil

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Cardinal number 1.2 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Inflection 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Derived terms 4 Faroese 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Declension 5 Icelandic 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Declension 5.2.2 Derived terms 6 Norwegian 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Inflection 7 Old English 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Pronunciation 7.3 Noun 7.3.1 Declension 7.3.2 Descendants 7.4 See also 8 Swedish 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Pronunciation 8.3 Noun 9 Turkish 9.1 Verb 10 Volapük 10.1 Alternative forms 10.2 Etymology 10.3 Pronunciation 10.4 Noun 11 Welsh 11.1 Noun 11.1.1 Mutation

[edit] English

[edit] Cardinal number

bil

1. billion, abbreviated.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of bil
• lib, Lib, Lib.

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From automobil (“‘automobile’”), from French automobile (“‘automotive’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /biːl/, [b̥iːˀl]

[edit] Noun

bil c. (singular definite bilen, plural indefinite biler)

1. car, automobile

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

bil (plural billen, diminutive billetje, diminutive plural billetjes)

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

   Na een pak voor de billen wreef de knaap deerlijk over zijn zere billen

   After a spanking the knave thriftily rubbed his sore buttocks

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• billenkletser
• billenkoek
• billentikker
• bilnaad
• bilspleet
• dikbil
• kikkerbil
• linkerbil
• rechterbil
• met de billen bloot
• van bil gaan

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[edit] Faroese

[edit] Noun

bil n.

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

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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

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɪːl/

  Rhymes: -ɪːl

  Homophones: byl

[edit] Noun

bil n.

1. A space

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[edit] Derived terms

• bilstöng
• línubil

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Noun

bil (c)

1. A car, automobile

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bil/

[edit] 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.

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
nominative	bil	bil
accusative	bil	bil
genitive	billes	billa
dative	bille	billum

[edit] Descendants

• English: bill

[edit] See also

• mēċe m.
• secg m.
• sweord n.

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology

Short for automobil

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

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

bil c. (plural: bilar)

1. A car, automobile

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[edit] Turkish

[edit] Verb

bil

1. know (imperative)

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[edit] Volapük

[edit] Alternative forms

• bir

[edit] Etymology

From English beer and German Bier

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bil/, SAMPA: /bil/

[edit] Noun

bil

1. Beer

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[edit] Welsh

[edit] Noun

bil m. (plural: biliau)

1. A bill (receipt)

[edit] Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bil	fil	mil	unchanged