# bille
## Danish
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bitulaz, *bītilaz (“that which tends to bite, biter, beetle”), from *bītaną; equivalent to bide +‎ -le. See also Icelandic bitil, bitul (“a bite, bit”), Faroese bitil (“small piece, bittock”).

### Noun

bille c (singular definite billen, plural indefinite biller)
* beetle

#### Inflection
## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bij/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

bille f (plural billes)
* marble (spherical ball)
* (snooker, billiards) ball
* ball bearing
* (slang) dimwit

##### Derived terms

* bille en tête
* roulement à billes
* stylo à bille
* toucher sa bille

##### Descendants

* → Italian: biglia, bilia (once more common)
** → Arabic: بِلْيَة (bilya)
** → Turkish: bilye
* → Portuguese: bilha
* → Romanian: bilă
* → Vietnamese: bi

### Etymology 2

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”).

#### Noun

bille f (plural billes)
* tree trunk (chopped down, ready for sawing)
* railway sleeper
* rolling pin

##### Related terms

* billon

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

bille
* inflection of biller:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “bille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Irish
### Etymology

From Scots and English bill.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbʲɪlʲə/

### Noun

bille m (genitive singular bille, nominative plural billí)
* bill
* currency note

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
bille
billí
vocative
a bhille
a bhillí
genitive
bille
billí
dative
bille
billí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an bille
na billí
genitive
an bhille
na mbillí
dative
leis an mbille don bhille
leis na billí :

#### Derived terms

* bille airgid (“money-bill”)
* bille bainc (“bank-bill”)
* bille cainníochta (“bill of quantities”)
* bille costais (“bill of costs”)
* bille díolacháin (“bill of sale”)
* bille díotála (“bill of indictment”)
* bille iompair (“way-bill”)
* bille láimhe (“hand-bill”)
* bille luchtaithe (“bill of loading”)
* bille malairte (“bill of exchange”)
* bille parlaiminte (“parliamentary bill”)
* bille sibhialta (“civil bill”)
* bille slánaithe (“bill of indemnity”)
* bille státchiste (“treasury bill”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bille”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “bille”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Norman
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bill.

### Noun

bille f (plural billes)
* (Jersey) note

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

bille m (definite singular billen, indefinite plural biller, definite plural billene)
* a beetle

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

bille f (definite singular billa, indefinite plural biller, definite plural billene)
* a beetle

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbil.le/, [ˈbiɫ.ɫe]

### Noun

bille
* dative singular of bil

## Old French
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Frankish *bikkil.

#### Noun

bille oblique singular, f (oblique plural billes, nominative singular bille, nominative plural billes)
* stick; baton

##### Descendants

* Middle French: bille
** French: bille
*** → Italian: biglia, bilia (once more common)
**** → Arabic: بِلْيَة (bilya)
**** → Turkish: bilye
*** → Portuguese: bilha
*** → Romanian: bilă
*** → Vietnamese: bi

### Etymology 2

From Latin bulla. (Can this etymology be sourced?) Doublet of bulle.

#### Noun

bille oblique singular, f (oblique plural billes, nominative singular bille, nominative plural billes)
* written decree, announcement (etc.)

##### Descendants

* → Middle English: bille
** English: bill

### References

* bille on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
* Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX$^e$ au XV$^e$ siècle (1881) (bille)
* bille on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)