bille

Noun

bille c (singular definite billen, plural indefinite biller)

1. beetle

Etymology

From Middle French bille, from Old French bille (“small ball”), from Frankish *bikkil (“ossicle, a die”), from Proto-Germanic *bikkilaz (“ossicle, talus”). Cognate with Dutch bikkel (“dibs, die”), West Frisian bikkel (“a die”), German Bickel (“marble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bij/

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Noun

bille f (plural billes)

1. marble (spherical ball)
2. (snooker, billiards) ball
3. ball bearing

Noun

bille f (plural billes)

1. tree trunk (chopped down, ready for sawing)
2. railway sleeper
3. rolling pin
4. (slang) dimwit

Verb

bille

1. first-person singular present indicative of biller
2. third-person singular present indicative of biller
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of biller
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of biller
5. second-person singular imperative of biller

Further reading

• “bille” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Noun

bille m (genitive singular bille, nominative plural billí)

1. bill
2. currency note

Mutation

Further reading

• "bille" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “bille” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “bille” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Etymology

Borrowed from English bill.

Noun

bille f (plural billes)

1. (Jersey) note

Noun

bille m (definite singular billen, indefinite plural biller, definite plural billene)

1. a beetle

Noun

bille f (definite singular billa, indefinite plural biller, definite plural billene)

1. a beetle

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Frankish *bikkil.

Etymology 2

From Latin bulla.

References

• bille on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (bille)
• bille on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)