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bille.

marble (spherical ball)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/bij/

  1. marble (spherical ball)

    feminine

  2. ball

    feminine

  3. ball bearing

    feminine

  4. dimwit

    feminine · slang
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French bille, from Old French bille (“small ball”), from Medieval Latin billia, from Frankish *bikkil (“ossicle, a die, talus”). Cognate with Dutch bikkel (“dibs, die”), West Frisian bikkel (“die”), German Bickel (“marble”).

noun/bij/

  1. tree trunk (chopped down, ready for sawing)

    feminine

  2. railway sleeper

    feminine

  3. rolling pin

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French bille, from Old French *bille (attested as Medieval Latin billia (“tree-trunk”)), from Vulgar Latin *billia, from Gaulish *bilia, from Proto-Celtic *belyom (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom (“leaf”). Cognate with Irish bile (“tree”), Latin folium (“leaf, foil”).

verb/bij/

  1. inflection of biller: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of biller: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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