Finnish

Noun

bilis

1. (billiards, slang) billiards, pool (game)

Declension

Synonyms

• biljardi

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.lis/, [ˈbiː.lɪs]

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- ‎(“green, yellow”). Cognates include Latin fel, holus, helvus, Ancient Greek χολή ‎(kholḗ), χλωρός ‎(khlōrós) and Old English ġeolu (English yellow).

Noun

bīlis f ‎(genitive bīlis); third declension

1. bile
2. (figuratively) anger, gall

Derived terms

• ātra bīlis

Declension

Third declension i-stem.

Descendants

• English: atrabilious, bile, bili-
• French: bile
• Irish: bili-
• Italian: bile

References

• bilis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bilis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• BILIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “bilis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to vent one's anger, spite on some one: iram, bilem evomere in aliquem
    
  • to excite a person's wrath: stomachum, bilem alicui movere
    

Spanish

Noun

bilis f ‎(plural bilis)

1. bile

Related terms

• biliar

Tagalog

Noun

bilis

1. speed
2. velocity