English - Cardinal Number

bil

1. Abbreviation of billion.

English - Anagrams

• lib, Lib, Lib.

Czech - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪl/
• Homophone: byl

Czech - Verb

bil

1. Masculine singular past participle of bít

Danish - Etymology

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

Danish - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːl/, [b̥iːˀl]

Danish - Noun

bil c (singular definite bilen, plural indefinite biler)

1. car, automobile

Descendants

• Faroese: bilur
• Icelandic: bíll

Inflection

Dutch - Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪl

Dutch - Noun

bil f (plural billen, diminutive billetje n)

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

Derived terms

• billenkletser
• billenkoek
• billentikker
• bilnaad
• bilspleet
• dikbil
• kikkerbil
• linkerbil
• rechterbil
• met de billen bloot
• van bil gaan

Elfdalian - Etymology

Presumably from Swedish bil.

Elfdalian - Noun

bil m

1. car, automobile

Faroese - Pronunciation

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

Faroese - Noun

bil

1. accusative singular of bilur

Hausa - Noun

bîl m

1. bill, invoice

Icelandic - Etymology

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

Icelandic - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪːl/
• Rhymes: -ɪːl
• Homophone: byl

Icelandic - 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

Norwegian Bokmål - Etymology

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

Norwegian Bokmål - Noun

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

1. a car, automobile

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål - References

• “bil” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk - Etymology

As above.

Norwegian Nynorsk - Noun

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

1. a car or automobile

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk - References

• “bil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English - Etymology

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

Old English - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bil/

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

Old English - See Also

• mēċe m
• secg m
• sweord n

Swedish - Etymology

Short for automobil

Swedish - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːl/

Swedish - Noun

bil c

1. a car, an automobile

Declension

Related terms

Swedish - References

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

Tok Pisin - Etymology

From English bill.

Tok Pisin - 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)

Volapük - Etymology

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

Volapük - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bil]

Volapük - Noun

bil (plural bils)

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

Declension

Derived terms

• bilaston
• bilavesid
• bilik

Welsh - Noun

bil m (plural biliau)

1. bill (receipt)

Mutation

Rhyme