bil

bil

1. Abbreviation of billion.

• BLI, LIB, Lib, Lib., lib

From Proto-Tai *piːᴬ (“year”). Cognate with Thai ปี (bpii), Northern Thai ᨸᩦ, Lao ປີ (pī), Lü ᦔᦲ (ṗii), Shan ပီ (pǐi), Tai Nüa ᥙᥤ (pi), Phake ပီ (pī), Ahom 𑜆𑜣 (pī), Zhuang bi.

• IPA^(key): /pi˨˦/

bil

1. year

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪl]
• Homophone: byl

bil

1. second-person singular imperative of bílit

bil

1. masculine singular past active participle of bít

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

• IPA^(key): /biːl/, [b̥iːˀl]
• Rhymes: -iːl

bil c (singular definite bilen, plural indefinite biler)

1. car, automobile

• → Faroese: bilur
• → Greenlandic: biili
• → Icelandic: bíll
• → Norwegian Bokmål: bil
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: bil
• → Swedish: bil

• IPA^(key): /bɪl/

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• Hyphenation: bil
• Rhymes: -ɪl

From Middle Dutch bille, often used in compounds, borrowed from Ingvaeonic/North Sea West Germanic *belle, from Proto-Germanic *balliō-, a variant of *balluz.

bil f (plural billen, diminutive billetje n)

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

• Negerhollands: bel, bil
• → Sranan Tongo: bele

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bíþla- (“axe”), instrumental noun from *bītaną (“to bite”).^[1][2]

However, compare *bilją (“blade, axe”), which could have influenced its development.

bil f (plural billen, diminutive billetje n)

1. a hammer-like double-edged tool used by stonecutters and millers

• bilhamer, zwaaispits, tweespits

• billen, biller, steenbiller, bilhamer, bilmachine

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “bil1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Presumably from Swedish bil.

bil m

1. car, automobile

From Old Norse bil, from Proto-Germanic *bilą, of uncertain origin. Compare *biliþī (“likeness, evenness”) and *bilōn- (“to give way”), *bibāną (“to shiver, tremble”).

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

bil n (genitive singular bils, plural bil)

1. A space
2. A while, time, period

Declension of bil
n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bil	bilið	bil	bilini
accusative	bil	bilið	bil	bilini
dative	bili	bilinum	bilum	bilunum
genitive	bils	bilsins	bila	bilanna

bil

1. accusative singular of bilur

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

bil

1. strength

Borrowed from English bill.

• IPA^(key): /bîl/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [bɪ̂l]

bîl m

1. bill, invoice

From Old Norse bil, from Proto-Germanic *bilą, of uncertain origin. Compare *biliþī (“likeness, evenness”) and *bilōn- (“to give way”), *bibāną (“to shiver, tremble”).

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

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 of bil
n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bil	bilið	bil	bilin
accusative	bil	bilið	bil	bilin
dative	bili	bilinu	bilum	bilunum
genitive	bils	bilsins	bila	bilanna

• bila

• Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 63-64

Perso-Arabic		بیل

Borrowed from Persian بیل (bil)

• (Talxâbî) IPA^(key): [bie̯l]
• (Xarrâbî) IPA^(key): [bil]

bil (definite accusative bilü, plural billər)

1. shovel

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1971) Khalaj Materials, Indiana University, →ISBN

This word originates from a Danish newspaper's contest to create a word for car. The winning proposition was "bil", a short form of automobil.^[1] This word was subsequently adopted into Norwegian.

• IPA^(key): /biːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl

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

1. a car, automobile

• “bil” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

This word originates from a Danish newspaper's contest to create a word for car. The winning proposition was "bil", a short form of automobil.^[1] This word was subsequently adopted into Norwegian.

• IPA^(key): /biːl/

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

1. a car, automobile

From Old Norse bil.

bìl n (definite singular bìlet, indefinite plural bìl, definite plural bìli)

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of bel

• “bil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

• IPA^(key): /bil/

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.
   • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5‎^[4]:

     Iċ eom ānhaga īserne wund, bille ġebennod, beadoweorca sæd, eċġum wēriġ.

     I am a lone one wounded with iron, wounded by sword, sated of battle-works, weary by edges.

• English: bill

• mēċe m
• seċġ m
• sweord n

From Danish bil.

• IPA^(key): /biːl/

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bil c

1. a car (automobile)

   köra bil

   drive a car

   åka bil

   ride a car

   sitta fram / bak i bilen

   sit in the front / back of the car

   • 1993, Ronny & Ragge (lyrics and music), “Köra fort som fan”, in Let's Pök!‎^[5]:

     Vi ska köra, köra fort som fan. Köra runt med bilen genom hela stan. Vi ska köra, köra fort som fan. Sladda loss och börna genom hela stan ikväll.

     We will [shall] drive, drive fast as hell. Drive around with the car through the whole town. We will drive, drive fast as hell. Drift [skid loose] and burn rubber through the whole town tonight.

2. a truck (considered a subcategory in Swedish)

   Synonym: lastbil

3. a van (considered a subcategory in Swedish)

   Synonym: skåpbil

A freight truck / lorry is normally qualified as a lastbil, while a pickup truck (pickup) or the like is often simply called a bil ("car") in everyday language (though technically also a lastbil). A freight truck / lorry is the default intuition for lastbil.

• bil in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bil in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bil in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

• bli, ibl.

bil

1. a kind of salmon (Salmo Taimen)

From English bill.

bil

1. bill

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bil

1. second-person singular imperative of bilmek

• bir (this is the modern word (spelling) for "beer")

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

• IPA^(key): [bil]

bil (nominative plural bils)

1. bile
2. (obsolete) beer

• (beer): The "l" was later changed to "r" for bir (“beer”).

Borrowed 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”).

• IPA^(key): /bɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɪl

bil m (plural biliau)

1. bill (receipt)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bil”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

• IPA^(key): /bil˧/

bil

1. ear

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41