English

Numeral

bil

1. Abbreviation of billion.

Anagrams

• lib, Lib, Lib.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪl/
• Homophone: byl

Verb

bil

1. Masculine singular past participle of bít

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːl/, [b̥iːˀl]

Noun

bil c (singular definite bilen, plural indefinite biler)

1. car, automobile

Descendants

• Faroese: bilur
• Greenlandic: biili
• Icelandic: bíll

Declension

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

bil f ‎(plural billen, diminutive billetje n)

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

Derived terms

Elfdalian

Etymology

Presumably from Swedish bil.

Noun

bil m

1. car, automobile

Faroese

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

Noun

bil

1. accusative singular of bilur

Hausa

Noun

bîl m

1. bill, invoice

Icelandic

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.)

Declension

Derived terms

• um það bil
• bilstöng
• línubil
• tímabil

Related terms

• bila

Lojban

Rafsi

bil

1. rafsi of bilni.

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. a car, automobile

Derived terms

References

• “bil” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

As above.

Noun

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

1. a car or automobile

Derived terms

References

• “bil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

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.

Declension

Descendants

• English: bill

See also

• mēċe m
• secg m
• sweord n

Swedish

Etymology

Short for automobil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːl/

Noun

bil c

1. a car, an automobile

Declension

Related terms

References

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

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English bill.

Noun

bil

1. bill

Turkish

Verb

bil

1. imperative of bilmek

Volapük

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

Declension

Derived terms

• bilaston
• bilavesid
• bilik

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowing 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)

Mutation

References

• “bil” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.