Mid 16th century, viaMiddle French , fromLatin bīlis ( “ bile ” ) .
bile (usuallyuncountable ,plural biles )
Abitter brownish -yellow or greenish-yellowsecretion produced by theliver , stored in thegall bladder , and discharged into theduodenum where it aids the process ofdigestion .Synonyms: bili- ,chole- ;gall ( archaic ) Bitterness oftemper ; ill humour;irascibility . Either of two of the fourhumours ,black bile oryellow bile , in ancient and medievalphysiology .Hyponyms: black bile ,yellow bile 1890 , Walter Scott,The Journal of Sir Walter Scott [1] :I shall tire of my Journal if it is to contain nothing butbiles and plasters and unguents.
1616 , Alexander Roberts,A Treatise of Witchcraft [2] :He spake out of thePythonesse ,Act. 16. 17. brought downe fire from heauen, and consumedIobs sheepe 7000. and his seruants, raised a storme, strooke the house wherein his sonnes and daughters feasted with their elder brother, smote the foure corners of it, with the ruine whereof they all were destroyed, and perished: and ouerspread the body of that holy Saint their father with botches[t] andbiles from the sole of his foot to the crowne of his head.
secretion produced by the liver
Aklanon:apdo' Albanian:vrer (sq) m Amharic:አሞት ( ʾämot ) Arabic:صَفْرَاء f ( ṣafrāʔ ) Argobba:መራሬ ( märare ) Armenian:լեղի (hy) ( leġi ) ,մաղձ (hy) ( maġj ) Aromanian:heari f Assamese:পিত ( pit ) Asturian:felén (ast) f ,fiel (ast) f Azerbaijani:öd (az) ,səfra Bashkir:үт ( üt ) Basque:behazun (eu) Belarusian:жоўць f ( žowcʹ ) Bhojpuri:पित्त ( pitt ) Bulgarian:жлъчка f ( žlǎčka ) ,жлъч (bg) f ( žlǎč ) Burmese:သည်းခြေ (my) ( sany:hkre ) Catalan:bilis f ,fel (ca) m or f Cebuano:apdo Chinese:Mandarin:膽汁 / 胆汁 (zh) ( dǎnzhī ) Chuvash:ват ( vat ) Crimean Tatar:öt Czech:žluč (cs) f Dalmatian:fial m Danish:galde (da) c Dutch:gal (nl) m or f Dzongkha:མཁྲིས་པ ( mkhris pa ) Esperanto:galo (eo) Estonian:sapp Faroese:gall n Finnish:sappi (fi) French:bile (fr) f ,fiel (fr) m Friulian:fêl Galician:fel (gl) m ,bile (gl) f Ge'ez:ሐሞት ( ḥämot ) Georgian:ნაღველი ( naɣveli ) German:Galle (de) f Greek:χολή (el) f ( cholí ) Ancient:χολή f ( kholḗ ) Hebrew:מרה (he) f ( mara ) Hindi:पित्त (hi) m ( pitt ) Hungarian:epe (hu) Icelandic:gall n Indonesian:empedu (id) Irish:domlas m Italian:fiele (it) m Japanese:胆汁 (ja) ( たんじゅう, tanjū ) Javanese:peru (jv) Kapampangan:atdu Kazakh:өт ( öt ) Korean:쓸개즙 ( sseulgaejeup ) Kurdish:Northern Kurdish:zerav (ku) f Kyrgyz:өт (ky) ( öt ) Latin:bīlis f ,fel n Latvian:žults m Lithuanian:tulži̇̀s Macedonian:жолчка f ( žolčka ) Malay:hempedu (ms) Malayalam:പിത്തം (ml) ( pittaṁ ) Mansaka:apdo Maori:waiate Mingrelian:ნაღმელი ( naɣmeli ) Mongolian:цөс (mn) ( cös ) Nanai:силтэ ( silte ) Navajo:łitsoii ,atłʼizh Neapolitan:fèle m Norwegian:Bokmål:galle m Nynorsk:galle m Occitan:fèl (oc) Old Church Slavonic:зльчь f ( zlĭčĭ ) Old English:ġealla m Old Turkic:𐰇𐰓 ( üd² /öd/ ) Olukumi:rírorò Ossetian:маст ( mast ) Ottoman Turkish:اود ( öd ) ,صفرا ( safra ) Persian:زرداب (fa) ( zardâb ) ,زهره (fa) ( zahre ) ,صفرا (fa) ( safrâ ) Plautdietsch:Gaul f Polish:żółć (pl) f Portuguese:fel (pt) f ,bile (pt) f ,bílis (pt) f Romanian:bilă (ro) f ,fiere (ro) f Russian:желчь (ru) f ( želčʹ ) ,жёлчь (ru) f ( žolčʹ ) Sanskrit:अग्नि (sa) m ( agni ) ,पित्त (sa) m ( pitta ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:жуч f Roman:žuč (sh) f Shan:ၼမ်ႉလီ ( nâ̰m lǐi ) Sicilian:feli Slovak:žlč (sk) f Slovene:žolč (sl) m Sorbian:Lower Sorbian:žołc m Upper Sorbian:žołč m Spanish:bilis (es) f ,hiel (es) f Svan:ნანღველ ( nanɣvel ) Swahili:nyongo Swedish:galla (sv) c Tagalog:apdo Tamil:பித்தநீர் (ta) ( pittanīr ) ,பிச்சு (ta) ( piccu ) Tatar:үт (tt) ( üt ) Tausug:apdu Telugu:పైత్యరసము ( paityarasamu ) Tetum:horun Thai:น้ำดี (th) ( náam-dii ) Tocharian B:pit Turkish:öd (tr) ,safra (tr) Ukrainian:жовч f ( žovč ) Urdu:پت m Uzbek:oʻt (uz) Venetan:fiel Vietnamese:mật (vi) Volapük:bil (vo) Welsh:bustl (cy) m Western Bukidnon Manobo:epezu Yiddish:גאַל f ( gal ) Yoruba:òróòro ,àdilé ,jẹ̀dí-jẹ̀dí
bitterness of temper; ill humour
Obsolete form ofboil . Akin toDutch buil andGerman Beule , all fromProto-Germanic *būlǭ .
bile (plural biles )
( obsolete ) Aboil (kind of swelling).[ 1] bile (third-person singular simple present biles ,present participle biling or bileing ,simple past and past participle biled )
Pronunciation spelling ofboil .1912 , Stella George Stern Perry,Melindy , page130 :We pretty nearbiled ourselves and Miss Euly done got her bes' pink apron stained, an' I dropped Sis Suky's big kitchen spoon in de hogshead of sand[ …]
Either related tobolle pl ( “ testicles ” ) , or a singularized plural of*bilë , fromProto-Albanian *beila , fromProto-Indo-European *bʰeyH- ( “ to strike, beat ” ) , in which case close toProto-Germanic *bilją ( “ spike, peg, nail, axe, sword, blade ” ) . CompareEnglish bill ,German Bille ( “ axe ” ) .
bile f (plural bile , definite bilja , definite plural bilet )
( childish ) weenie (penis)(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
bile
( colloquial ) Reinforces what has already been said; even ,in fact ,furthermore Synonym: madje bile bile ―as a matter of fact “bile ”, inFGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language ] (in Albanian),2006 FromLatin bilis .
bile f (uncountable )
bile FromOld Irish bile , fromProto-Celtic *belyom ( “ tree ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom ( “ leaf ” ) .
bile m (genitive singular bile ,nominative plural bilí )
tree , especially a large, ancient, sacred onescion ;distinguished personSeebéal ( “ lip ” )
bile m (genitive singular bile ,nominative plural bilí )
rim ( of vessel ) Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977 ), “bile ”, inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla , Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “1 bile ”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Borrowed fromLatin bīlis .
bile f (plural bili )
( physiology ) bile anger bīle
ablative singular ofbīlis Borrowed fromMiddle Low German bīle ( “ axe ” ) .
bile f or m (definite singular bila or bilen ,indefinite plural biler ,definite plural bilene )
Anaxe , espescially abroadaxe Frombil .
bile (present tense biler ,past tense bilte ,past participle bilt )
To ride acar “bile” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .
Borrowed fromMiddle Low German bīle ( “ axe ” ) .
bile f (definite singular bila ,indefinite plural biler ,definite plural bilene )
Anaxe , espescially abroadaxe Frombil .
bile (present tense bilar or biler ,past tense bila or bilte ,past participle bila or bilt )
To ride acar “bile” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .
FromProto-Germanic *bili- , related to*bilją ( “ axe, blade, cutting weapon ” ) .
bile m
bill of abird Synonym: nebb trunk of anelephant Synonym: nypel FromProto-Celtic *belyos ( “ tree ” ) , related toProto-Indo-European *bʰolyo- ( “ leaf ” ) . Cognate withLatin folium ,Ancient Greek φύλλον ( phúllon ) , andOld Armenian բողբոջ ( bołboǰ ) .
bile m (genitive bili ,nominative plural bili )
tree , especially a large, ancient, sacred oneInitial mutations of a following adjective:
H = triggers aspirationL = triggers lenitionN = triggers nasalizationMutation ofbile radical lenition nasalization bile bile pronounced with /βʲ-/ mbile
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Borrowed fromLatin bilis .
bile f (uncountable )
gall ;bile Synonyms: fel ,bílis bile f
inflection ofbilă : indefinite plural indefinite genitive / dative singular FromOld Irish bél ( “ lip ” ) .[ 1] Related tobeul .
bile f (genitive singular bile ,plural bilean )
lip ( of mouth ) rim ( of container ) brim ( of hat ) Borrowed fromEnglish bill .
bile m (genitive singular bile ,plural bilean )
bill ( for law ) Borrowed fromOttoman Turkish بیله ( bile ) (Turkish bile ).
IPA (key ) : /bǐle/ Hyphenation:bi‧le bìle (Cyrillic spelling бѝле )
( regional ) moreover ,even bile je i on došao čak i oneven he came bile (Cyrillic spelling биле )
feminine plural active past participle ofbiti IPA (key ) : /biˈle/ Hyphenation:bi‧le FromOttoman Turkish بیله ( bile ) , fromOld Anatolian Turkish بیله ( bilä ) , fromProto-Turkic *bile ( “ with, together, also ” ) . CompareAzerbaijani belə ,Gagauz bilä .Doublet ofile .
bile
( dialectal or archaic , Ordu , Trabzon , Eastern Thrace, Rize , Adana , Osmaniye ) together ,with Synonym: beraber evebile mi gittiniz? ―did you go hometogether ? bile
even Synonym: dahi çocukbile bunu anlayabilir ―even a child can understand thisbile
( archaic ) alternative form ofile yarın olsun, hayırbile gelsin ―let it be tomorrow, let it comewith prosperity bile (definite accusative bileyi ,plural bileler )
( Balıkesir , Denizli , Kütahya , Erzincan , Gaziantep , Kahramanmaraş , Edirne ) alternative form ofbileği “bile ”, inTurkish dictionaries , Türk Dil Kurumu “bile ”, inTürkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey ] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu,1963–1982 Nişanyan, Sevan (2002– ), “bile ”, inNişanyan Sözlük Borrowed fromMiddle Dutch bile orMiddle Low German bîle ,bîl ( “ axe ” ) , both ultimately fromProto-Germanic *bilją .
bile c (plural bilen ,diminutive byltsje )
axe “bile ”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011 FromMiddle English boillen , fromOld French boillir . This is a vulgar pronunciation in Ireland. Cognate withEnglish bile .
bile (simple past bilethe )
toboil Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland , London: J. Russell Smith, published1867 ,page26