bil

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bil"

Languages (25)

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Translingual

Symbol

bil

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Bile.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Bile terms

English

Numeral

bil

1. Abbreviation of billion.

Anagrams

• BLI, LIB, Lib, Lib., lib

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bil/

Noun

bil

1. alternative form of bir (“son”)

Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *piːᴬ (“year”). Cognate with Thai ปี (bpii), Northern Thai ᨸᩦ, Lao ປີ (pī), Lü ᦔᦲ (ṗii), Shan ပီ (pǐi), Tai Nüa ᥙᥤ (pi), Phake ပ︀ီ (pī), Ahom 𑜆𑜣 (pī), Zhuang bi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi˨˦/

Noun

bil

1. year

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪl]
• Homophone: byl

Etymology 1

Verb

bil

1. second-person singular imperative of bílit

Etymology 2

Participle

bil

1. masculine singular past active participle of bít

Danish

Etymology

From a clipping of automobil (“automobile”), from French automobile (“automotive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːl/, [b̥iːˀl]
• Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

bil c (singular definite bilen, plural indefinite biler)

1. car, automobile

Declension

Declension of bil

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bil	bilen	biler	bilerne
genitive	bils	bilens	bilers	bilernes

Descendants

• → Faroese: bilur
• → Greenlandic: biili
• → Icelandic: bíll
• → Norwegian Bokmål: bil
  • → Kven: piili
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: bil
• → Swedish: bil

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪl/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bil
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bille, often used in compounds, borrowed from Ingvaeonic/North Sea West Germanic *belle, from Proto-Germanic *balliō-, a variant of *balluz.

Noun

bil f (plural billen, diminutive billetje n)

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

Derived terms

• billenkletser
• billenkoek
• billenman
• billentikker
• bilnaad
• bilspleet
• blote billetjes in het gras
• dikbil
• kikkerbil
• linkerbil
• met de billen bloot
• rechterbil
• van bil gaan
• wie zijn billen brandt, moet op de blaren zitten

Descendants

• Negerhollands: bel, bil
• → Sranan Tongo: bele

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bíþla- (“axe”), instrumental noun from *bītaną (“to bite”).

However, compare *bilją (“blade, axe”), which could have influenced its development.

Noun

bil f (plural billen, diminutive billetje n)

1. a hammer-like double-edged tool used by stonecutters and millers

Synonyms

• bilhamer, zwaaispits, tweespits

Derived terms

• billen, biller, steenbiller, bilhamer, bilmachine

Further reading

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “bil¹”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Elfdalian

Etymology

Presumably from Swedish bil.

Noun

bil m

1. car, automobile

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bil, from Proto-Germanic *bilą, of uncertain origin. Compare *biliþi (“likeness, evenness”) and *bilōn- (“to give way”), *bibāną (“to shiver, tremble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl
• Homophone: byl

Noun

bil n (genitive singular bils, plural bil)

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

Declension

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

Noun

bil

1. accusative singular of bilur

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bil

1. strength

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English bill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bîl/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [bɪ̂l]

Noun

bîl m

1. bill, invoice

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bil, from Proto-Germanic *bilą, of uncertain origin, though probably with original sense "giving way, failure" and related to dialectal Dutch beelen (“to repent a deal”). Related to *bilōn- (“to give way”); compare also *biliþi (“likeness, evenness”) and *bibāną (“to shiver, tremble”), the latter which Kroonen suspects is connected. A relation to Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”) is particularly attractive semantically, though phonetically difficult to resolve.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪːl/
• Rhymes: -ɪːl
• Homophone: byl

Noun

bil n (genitive singular bils, nominative plural bil)

1. space, interval
2. period of time, moment, space
3. (computing) space
4. damage, wound, nick
5. (archaic) hesitation, break (in some action, process, etc.)

Declension

Declension of bil (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bil	bilið	bil	bilin
accusative	bil	bilið	bil	bilin
dative	bili	bilinu	bilum	bilunum
genitive	bils	bilsins	bila	bilanna

Derived terms

• bilstöng
• línubil
• tímabil
• um það bil

Related terms

• bila

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		بیل

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بیل (bil)

Pronunciation

• (Talxâbî) IPA^(key): [bie̯l]
• (Xarrâbî) IPA^(key): [bil]

Noun

bil (definite accusative bilü, plural billər)

1. shovel

Declension

Declension of bil

	singular	plural
nominative	bil	billər
genitive	bilü̂ñ	billərü̂ñ
dative	bilkə	billərkə
definite accusative	bilü	billərü
locative	bilçə	billərçə
ablative	bildə	billərdə
instrumental	billə	billərlə
equative	bilvâra	billərvâra

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980), Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1971), Khalaj Materials, Indiana University, →ISBN

Kohistani Shina

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit बिल॑ (bíla)

Kohistani Shina bil

Inherited from Sanskrit बिल॑ (bíla).

Noun

bil

1. mouth of a bag

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

This word originates from a Danish newspaper's contest to create a word for car. The winning proposition was "bil", a short form of automobil. This word was subsequently adopted into Norwegian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

bil m (definite singular bilen, indefinite plural biler, definite plural bilene)

1. a car, automobile

Derived terms

• bergingsbil
• betongbil
• bilbelte
• bilbombe
• bildekk
• bildel
• bildør
• bileier
• bilfabrikant
• bilferge, bilferje
• bilfri
• bilfører
• bilmekaniker
• bilmotor
• bilnøkkel
• bilpanser
• bilskip
• biltrafikk
• bobil
• brannbil
• bruktbil
• brøytebil
• campingbil
• elbil
• familiebil
• firmabil
• lastebil
• leiebil
• lekebil
• luksusbil
• olabil
• personbil
• politibil
• radiobil
• renovasjonsbil
• sjukebil
• sportsbil
• sykebil
• søppelbil
• tråbil
• varebil
• veteranbil

References

• “bil” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

This word originates from a Danish newspaper's contest to create a word for car. The winning proposition was "bil", a short form of automobil. This word was subsequently adopted into Norwegian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːl/

Noun

bil m (definite singular bilen, indefinite plural bilar, definite plural bilane)

1. a car, automobile

Derived terms

• bergingsbil
• betongbil
• bilbelte
• bilbombe
• bildekk
• bildel
• bildør
• bilfabrikant
• bilfri
• bilmotor
• bilpanser
• bilskip
• biltrafikk
• brannbil
• bruktbil
• brøytebil
• elbil
• familiebil
• firmabil
• lastebil
• luksusbil
• olabil
• personbil
• politibil
• radiobil
• renovasjonsbil
• sjukebil
• sportsbil
• søppelbil
• tråbil, trøbil
• varebil
• veteranbil

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bil.

Noun

bìl n (definite singular bìlet, indefinite plural bìl, definite plural bìli)

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of bel

References

• “bil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *billi, from Proto-Germanic *bilją. Cognate with Old Saxon bil, Old High German bill (German Beil (“pickaxe”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bil/

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.
   • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5‎^[4]:

     Iċ eom ānhaga īserne wund, bille ġebennod, beadoweorca sæd, eċġum wēriġ.

     I am a lone one wounded with iron, wounded by sword, sated of battle-works, weary by edges.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	bil	bil
accusative	bil	bil
genitive	billes	billa
dative	bille	billum

Descendants

• English: bill

See also

• mēċe m
• seċġ m
• sweord n

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bil/, [ˈbil]
• Rhymes: -il

Verb

bil

1. inflection of biť:
   1. masculine singular l-participle
   2. masculine third-person singular past indicative

Swedish

en bil med ögon [a car with eyes]

Etymology

From Danish bil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːl/

• Audio; “en bil”:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bil
• Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

bil c

1. a car (automobile)

   köra bil

   drive a car

   åka bil

   ride a car

   köpa bil

   buy a car

   sitta fram / bak i bilen

   sit in the front / back of the car

   Jag tog bilen in till stan och handlade mat

   I took the car into town and picked up groceries [shopped food]

   • 1993, Ronny & Ragge, “Köra fort som fan [Drive fast as hell]”, in Let's Pök! [Let's Bone!]‎^[5]:

     Vi ska köra, köra fort som fan. Köra runt med bilen genom hela stan. Vi ska köra, köra fort som fan. Sladda loss och börna genom hela stan ikväll.

     We will [shall] drive, drive fast as hell. Drive around with the car through the whole town. We will drive, drive fast as hell. Drift [skid loose] and burn rubber through the whole town tonight.

2. a truck (considered a subcategory in Swedish)

   Synonym: lastbil

3. a van (considered a subcategory in Swedish)

   Synonym: skåpbil

Usage notes

A freight truck / lorry is normally qualified as a lastbil, while a pickup truck (pickup) or the like is often simply called a bil ("car") in everyday language (though technically also a lastbil). A freight truck / lorry is the default intuition for lastbil.

Declension

Declension of bil

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bil	bils
	definite	bilen	bilens
plural	indefinite	bilar	bilars
	definite	bilarna	bilarnas

Derived terms

• akutbil
• bila
• bilaccis
• bilaffär
• bilannons
• bilarbetare
• bilatlas
• bilavdrag
• bilavgaser
• bilavgift
• bilbana
• bilbarnstol
• bilbatteri
• bilberoende
• bilbesiktning
• bilbolag
• bilbomb
• bilbranschen
• bilbrott
• bilburen
• bilbyggare
• bilbälte
• bilbärgare
• bilbärgning
• bildekal
• bildel
• bildemontering
• bildrulle
• bildåre
• bildäck
• bildödad
• bildörr
• bilersättning
• bilexport
• bilfabrik
• bilfirma
• bilflag
• bilfri
• bilfärd
• bilfärja
• bilfönster
• bilförare
• bilföretag
• bilförmån
• bilförsäkring
• bilförsäljare
• bilförsäljning
• bilhandel
• bilhandlare
• bilhjul
• bilhorn
• bilinbrott
• bilindustri
• bilinspektör
• bilism
• bilist
• biljakt
• bilkaravan
• bilkaross
• bilkarta
• bilklädsel
• bilkollision
• bilkolonn
• bilkooperativ
• bilkortege
• bilkrasch
• bilkrock
• bilkyrkogård
• bilkår
• bilkårist
• bilkö
• bilköp
• bilköpare
• bilkörning
• billack
• billarm
• billast
• billedes
• billots
• billotsning
• billånare
• bilmarknad
• bilmekaniker
• bilmodell
• bilmontör
• bilmotor
• bilmärke
• bilnummer
• bilnyckel
• bilolycka
• bilorientering
• bilpark
• bilparkering
• bilpendlare
• bilpool
• bilproduktion
• bilprovning
• bilradio
• bilrally
• bilratt
• bilregister
• bilreparatör
• bilresa
• bilring
• bilruta
• bilsalong
• bilsamhälle
• bilschampo
• bilsemester
• bilsjuk
• bilsjuka
• bilskatt
• bilskola
• bilskrot
• bilskrotning
• bilsport
• bilstereo
• bilstol
• bilstöld
• bilsäte
• biltak
• biltelefon
• biltillbehör
• biltillverkare
• biltillverkning
• biltjuv
• biltrafik
• biltrafikant
• biltransport
• biltull
• biltunnel
• biltur
• biltvätt
• biltyp
• biltät
• biltävling
• bilutflykt
• biluthyrare
• biluthyrning
• bilutställning
• bilverkstad
• bilvrak
• bilvård
• bilväg
• bilåkande
• bilåkare
• bilåkning
• bilägare
• lastbil
• personbil
• polisbil
• privatbil
• radiobil
• radiostyrd bil
• raggarbil
• spökbil
• terrängbil

See also

• avgasrör (“exhaust pipe, tailpipe”)
• backspegel (“rear-view mirror”)
• bakaxel (“rear axle”)
• bakljus (“tail light, rear light”)
• bakruta (“rear windshield”)
• baksäte (“back seat”)
• bakvagn (“rear end; rear suspension”)
• bensin (“gasoline, petrol”)
• bilbatteri (“car battery”)
• bilbesiktning (“vehicle inspection”)
• blinka (“signal (to the left, right, etc.)”)
• blinker (“turn signal, indicator”)
• blända av (“turn off the high beams”)
• broms (“a brake”)
• bromsa (“to brake”)
• börna (“burn rubber”)
• dimljus (“fog light; fog lamp”)
• doftgran (“Little Trees / Wunder-Baum air freshener”)
• dubbdäck (“studded tire”)
• däck (“tire”)
• fjädring (“suspension”)
• flak (“bed”)
• fordon (“vehicle”)
• framaxel (“front axle”)
• framsäte (“front seat”)
• framvagn (“front end; front suspension”)
• förare (“driver”)
• förarsäte (“driver's seat”)
• förgasare (“carburetor”)
• gasa (“accelerate”)
• grill (“grille”)
• halvljus (“low-beam, dipped headlight”)
• handskfack (“glove compartment”)
• helljus (“high-beam”)
• hjul (“wheel”)
• hjulupphängning (“wheel suspension”)
• instrumentbräda (“dashboard”)
• kaross (“body, bodywork”)
• katalysator (“catalytic converter”)
• köra (“drive”)
• köra upp (“do a driving test”)
• körkort (“driver's license”)
• motor (“engine”)
• motorhuv (“hood, bonnet”)
• motorolja (“engine oil, motor oil”)
• motorstopp (“engine failure”)
• navkapsel (“hubcap”)
• olja (“oil”)
• parkera (“park”)
• passagerare (“passenger”)
• plattan i mattan (“pedal to the metal”)
• ratt (“steering wheel”)
• registreringsskylt (“license plate”)
• sidoruta (“side window”)
• skjuts (“ride, lift”)
• skjutsa (“give a ride to somewhere”)
• sladd (“a skid, a slide, a drift”)
• sladda (“to skid, to slide, to drift”)
• slira (“slip, slide, skid”)
• släppa av (“drop off”)
• sommardäck (“summer tire”)
• spolarvätska (“windshield washer fluid”)
• stanna (“stop”)
• starta (“start”)
• strålkastare (“headlight”)
• styra (“steer”)
• svänga (“turn”)
• säte (“seat”)
• tanka (“refuel, fill up”)
• tuta (“honk”)
• tändstift (“spark plug”)
• underrede (“undercarriage”)
• uppkörning (“driving test”)
• vindruta (“windshield”)
• vindrutetorkare (“windshield wiper”)
• vinterdäck (“winter tire, snow tire”)
• väg (“road”)
• väglag (“road conditions”)
• växel (“gear”)
• växellåda (“gearbox, transmission”)
• växelspak (“gearshift”)
• växla (“shift gears”)
• åka (“ride”)

See also

• soppa (“juice [gas, petrol – slang]”)

References

• “bil”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “bil”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “bil”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH

Anagrams

• bli, ibl.

Tatar

Noun

bil

1. a kind of salmon (Salmo taimen)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English bill.

Noun

bil

1. bill

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

bil

1. second-person singular imperative of bilmek

Volapük

Alternative forms

• bir (this is the modern word (spelling) for "beer")

Etymology

From English beer and German Bier (this deformation was later changed back to the original "r" sound).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bil]

Noun

bil (genitive bila, plural bils)

1. bile
2. (obsolete) beer

Usage notes

• (beer): The "l" was later changed to "r" for bir (“beer”).

Declension

Declension of bil

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bil	bils
Genitive	bila	bilas
Dative	bile	biles
Accusative	bili	bilis
Predicative1	bilu	bilus
Vocative	o bil	o bils

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Derived terms

• bilaston
• bilavesid
• bilik

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English bill (“note of charges for goods; list”), from Middle English bille (“document”), from Anglo-Norman bille, from Old French bulle, from Medieval Latin bulla (“seal; sealed document”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

bil m (plural biliau)

1. bill (receipt)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bil

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bil	fil	mil	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “bil”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Zou

Bil thang.

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *bil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bíl]
• Hyphenation: bil

Noun

bíl

1. ear

References

• Philip Thangliènmâng (2010), Minimal dictionary and Self-tutor Functional Grammar in Zo-English-Hindi, New Delhi: Zoculsin, →ISBN, page 19
• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41