Billett
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See also: billett
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Variant of Billet.
Proper noun
[edit]Billett (countable and uncountable, plural Billetts)
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Illinois, United States.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Billett is the 36154th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 620 individuals. Billett is most common among White (92.74%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Billett”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 160.
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Germany) IPA(key): /bɪlˈjɛt/
- (Austria) IPA(key): /biˈjeː/, /bɪˈlɛt/, /biˈjɛt/
- (Switzerland) IPA(key): /ˈbɪlɛt/, /biˈleːt/, /biˈlɛt/
Audio (Germany): (file) Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]Billett n (strong, genitive Billettes or Billetts, plural Billetts or Billette)
- (current in Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, archaic in Austria, dated elsewhere) ticket (for a train, plane or other means of transportation)
- Synonyms: Fahrkarte, Ticket, Fahrausweis, Fahrschein
- ein Billett zweiter Klasse für die Hin- und Rückreise
- A second class ticket for both directions
- (current in Switzerland, archaic in Austria, dated elsewhere) ticket (for a concert, show, etc.)
- Synonyms: Einlasskarte, Eintrittskarte, Ticket
- ein Billett vorbestellen
- To preorder a ticket
- (Switzerland, informal) driving licence
- Synonyms: Fahrerlaubnis, Führerschein, (informal) Lappen, (Austria) Lenkerberechtigung, (Switzerland) Führerausweis, (South Tyrol) Patent, Fahrausweis
- (archaic outside Austria) a brief piece of writing; a short informal letter; billet
- (archaic outside Austria) correspondance card, greeting card
- Synonyms: Briefkarte, Glückwunschkarte
Declension
[edit]Declension of Billett [neuter, strong]
Further reading
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- en:Unincorporated communities in Illinois, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Illinois, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- German terms borrowed from French
- German terms derived from French
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German neuter nouns
- Switzerland German
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- Luxembourgish German
- Austrian German
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