Danish

Noun

bille c (singular definite billen, plural indefinite biller)

1. beetle

Inflection

French

Etymology

From Middle French bille, from Old French bille ‎(“small ball”), from Old 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/

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

Norman

Etymology

Borrowing from English bill.

Noun

bille f ‎(plural billes)

1. (Jersey) note

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

1. a beetle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

1. a beetle

Old French

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Frankish *bikkil.

Noun

bille f ‎(oblique plural billes, nominative singular bille, nominative plural billes)

1. stick; baton

Descendants

• French: bille

Etymology 2

Latin bulla.

Noun

bille f ‎(oblique plural billes, nominative singular bille, nominative plural billes)

1. written decree, announcement (etc.)

Descendants

• English: bill (borrowed)

References

• bille on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
• (fr) 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)