billet

See also Billet

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈbɪlɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪlɪt

Etymology 1

From Middle English bylet.

Noun

billet (plural billets)

1. A short informal letter.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book VI, chapter xii

     However, when his cool reflections returned, he plainly perceived that his case was neither mended nor altered by Sophia's billet […]

2. A written order to quarter soldiers.

Translations

short informal letter

Greek: μπιλιέτο (el) (biliéto) n.

Etymology 2

Middle French billette (“schedule”), from bullette, diminutive form of bulle (“document”), from Medieval Latin bulla (“document”).

Noun

billet (plural billets)

1. a place where a soldier is assigned to lodge
   • 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 9 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)

     17 June 1940: Prime Minister Pétain requests armistice. Germans use the Foucaults’ holiday home as officers’ billet. Foucault steals firewood for school from collaborationist militia. Foucault does well at school, but messes up his summer exams in 1940.

Verb

billet (third-person singular simple present billets, present participle billeting or billetting, simple past and past participle billeted or billetted)

1. (of a householder etc) to lodge soldiers, usually by order
2. (of a soldier) to lodge, or be quartered, in a private house

Translations

to lodge soldiers in a private house

Bulgarian: разквартирувам (bg) Dutch: inkwartieren German: einquartieren

Portuguese: aquartelar (pt) Spanish: acuartelar (es)

Etymology 3

Old French billette, from bille (“log, tree trunk”), from Vulgar Latin *bilia, possible of Celtic origin (compare Old Irish oir (“tree”)).

Noun

billet (plural billets)

1. metallurgy a semi-finished length of metal
2. a short piece of wood, especially one used as firewood
3. (heraldry) A rectangle used as a charge on an escutcheon

Translations

a semi-finished length of metal

Bulgarian: , слитък (bg) m.

a short piece of firewood

Bulgarian: , цепеница (bg) f.

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Danish

Etymology

From French billet.

Noun

billet c. (singular definite billetten, plural indefinite billetter)

1. ticket (admission to entertainment, pass for transportation)

Inflection

    Inflection of billet

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	billet	billetten	billetter	billetterne
genitive	billets	billettens	billetters	billetternes

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /bi.jɛ/, SAMPA: /bi.jE/

Noun

billet m. (plural billets)

1. ticket
2. note, banknote

Related terms

• billetterie
• billetiste
• billet de banque
• billet-doux