bile

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Mid 16th century, via French, from Latin bīlis (bile).

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Singular
bile

Plural
uncountable

bile (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.
  2. bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility.
  3. Two of the four humours, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology.

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[edit] French

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bile f (usually uncountable)

  1. bile

[edit] Italian

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  • IPA: /ˈbile/

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bile f. (plural bili)

  1. (physiology) bile

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  • Anagrams of beil
  • beli

[edit] Old Irish

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From Proto-Celtic *belyo- (tree) < Proto-Indo-European *bholyo- (leaf).

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bile

  1. tree

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bile f. (genitive bile, plural bilean )

  1. A lip of the mouth.
    Thàinig faite-gàire bheag gu a bhilean. — A small smile came to her lips.

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bile

  1. neither, even

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bile (pl. bilen)

  1. axe