bil

Numeral

bil

1. Abbreviation of billion.

Anagrams

• LIB, Lib, Lib., lib

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), Ahom 𑜆𑜣 (pii), Zhuang bi.

Noun

bil

1. year

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪl/
• Homophone: byl

Verb

bil

1. masculine singular past participle of bít

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bil c (singular definite bilen, plural indefinite biler)

1. car, automobile

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɪl

• audio

  (file)

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology

Presumably from Swedish bil.

Noun

bil m

1. car, automobile

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bil n (genitive singular bils, plural bil)

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

Noun

bil

1. accusative singular of bilur

Etymology

Borrowed from English bill.

Noun

bîl m

1. bill, invoice

Etymology

From Old Norse bil, from Proto-Germanic *bilą.

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.)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

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

1. a car, automobile

References

• “bil” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

As above.

Noun

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

1. a car or automobile

References

• “bil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From West Germanic *billo-, from Proto-Germanic *bilją. Cognate with Old Saxon bil, Old High German bill (German Bille (“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.

See also

• mēċe m
• seċġ m
• sweord n

Etymology

Clipping of automobil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːl/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

bil c

1. a car, an automobile

References

• bil in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

Etymology

From English bill.

Noun

bil

1. bill

Verb

bil

1. imperative of bilmek

Alternative forms

• bir (this is the modern word (spelling) for "beer", cf. de: Bier, nds: Beer, Bier, yi: ביר‎ (bir) (bir), it: birra, fr: bière, el: μπίρα (bíra) (bíra), nl: bier, ja: ビール (bīru), id: bir, ia: bira, io: biro)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bil]

Noun

bil (plural bils)

1. bile, gall (an obsolete English term for bile)
2. (obsolete word (the "l" was changed to "r") for bir "beer") beer

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”).

Noun

bil m (plural biliau)

1. bill (receipt)

References

• “bil”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014