bill
English
/bɪl/
noun
Definitions
- Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff.
- A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.
- Somebody armed with a bill; a billman.
- A pickaxe, or mattock.
- (nautical) The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke (also called the peak).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bill inherited from Old English bil (bladed weapon) inherited from Proto-Germanic *bilją (axe, blade, sword, peg, nail) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyH- (beat, fear, strike, hew).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰeyH-
Gloss
beat, fear, strike, hew
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
恐, 虞, 怖, 畏, 慄
Emoji
💓 🥁 🥊 🪘 🫀
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- 's English
- Biles English
- Christmas tree English
- Christmas tree bill English
- Eurobill English
- acock English
- acockbill English
- adze English
- adzebill English
- airwaybill English
- antibillboard English
- billability English
- billable English
- billboard English
- billboarded English
- billboardesque English
- billboarding English
- billboardless English
- billboardlike English
- biller English
- billfish English
- billfold English
- billhead English
- billholder English
- billhook English
- billlike English
- billman English
- billpayer English
- billpaying English
- billposter English
- billposting English
- billsticker English
- billsticking English
- blue English
- bluebill English
- board English
- boat English
- boatbill English
- bristle English
- bristlebill English
- broad English
- broadbill English
- brown English
- brown-bill English
- cone English
- conebill English
- crane English
- cranesbill English
- crook English
- crookbill English
- cross English
- crossbill English
- crow English
- crowbill English
- duck English
- duckbill English
- due English
- duebill English
- fish English
- flat English
- flatbill English
- fold English
- hand English
- handbill English
- hawk English
- hawksbill English
- head English
- hedge English
- hedgebill English
- holder English
- hook English
- hookbill English
- horn English
- hornbill English
- ibis English
- ibisbill English
- ivory English
- ivorybill English
- misbill English
- nonbillable English
- open English
- openbill English
- overbill English
- parrot English
- parrotbill English
- payer English
- paying English
- play English
- playbill English
- poster English
- posting English
- prebill English
- razor English
- razorbill English
- rebill English
- ring English
- ringbill English
- rosy English
- rosybill English
- sabre English
- sabrebill English
- saddle English
- saddlebill English
- saw English
- sawbill English
- scimitar English
- scimitarbill English
- scissor English
- scissorbill English
- sharp English
- sharpbill English
- shear English
- shearbill English
- sheath English
- sheathbill English
- shoe English
- shoebill English
- shovel English
- shovelbill English
- show English
- showbill English
- sickle English
- sicklebill English
- silver English
- silverbill English
- soft English
- softbill English
- spike English
- spikebill English
- spine English
- spinebill English
- spoon English
- spoonbill English
- sticker English
- sticking English
- stork English
- storksbill English
- superbill English
- swan English
- swanbill English
- sword English
- swordbill English
- thick English
- thickbill English
- thorn English
- thornbill English
- tooth English
- toothbill English
- top English
- topbill English
- unbillable English
- underbill English
- wax English
- waxbill English
- way English
- waybill English
- wedge English
- wedgebill English
- wee English
- weebill English
- white English
- whitebill English
- wry English
- wrybill English
- yellow English
- yellowbill English
- Belisarius Latin
- Belisarī Latin
- bijl Dutch, Flemish
- bijlbundel Dutch, Flemish
- bijldrager Dutch, Flemish
- bijlvechter Dutch, Flemish
- strijdbijl Dutch, Flemish
- valbijl Dutch, Flemish
- vuistbijl Dutch, Flemish
- bill French
- билборд Russian
- *bʰeyH- Proto-Indo-European
- *bautaną Proto-Germanic
- *bilją Proto-Germanic
- *bʰeyH- Proto-Germanic
- billboard Polish
- bil Old English
- bile Old English
- बिभेति, भी Sanskrit
- भय Sanskrit
- भयते Sanskrit
- भी Sanskrit
- bill Middle English
- bille Middle English
- bille Irish
- *biti Proto-Slavic
- बिल Hindi
- บิล Thai
- เช็กบิล Thai
- bil Welsh
- bile Middle Dutch
- byl Afrikaans
- బిల్లు Telugu
- bille Norman
- bîle Middle Low German
- bil Old Saxon
- *billi Frankish
- bile Western Frisian
- bil Tok Pisin
- bille xno
- ໃບບິນ Lao
- bil Hausa
- beiri Sranan Tongo
- 's
- wry
- saw
- way
- wax
- top
- wee
- due
- open
- flat
- crow
- hawk
- rosy
- blue
- boat
- swan
- fold
- head
- ring
- shoe
- ibis
- fish
- show
- cone
- soft
- horn
- adze
- duck
- hook
- play
- hand
- spoon
- spine
- thorn
- wedge
- razor
- cross
- thick
- payer
- crane
- brown
- sharp
- hedge
- sword
- crook
- stork
- white
- acock
- broad
- sabre
- shear
- tooth
- Biles
- board
- spike
- ivory
- sheath
- rebill
- holder
- yellow
- silver
- biller
- paying
- sickle
- saddle
- poster
- shovel
- parrot
- posting
- sawbill
- scissor
- topbill
- weebill
- waxbill
- prebill
- waybill
- billman
- misbill
- wrybill
- bristle
- duebill
- sticker
- shoebill
- flatbill
- playbill
- crowbill
- overbill
- hookbill
- ibisbill
- swanbill
- Eurobill
- billfish
- boatbill
- showbill
- openbill
- bluebill
- billfold
- ringbill
- adzebill
- billhead
- hornbill
- billhook
- sticking
- softbill
- handbill
- conebill
- rosybill
- billable
- billlike
- scimitar
- duckbill
- shearbill
- thornbill
- acockbill
- thickbill
- hawksbill
- hedgebill
- spinebill
- razorbill
- billpayer
- superbill
- sabrebill
- spikebill
- sharpbill
- broadbill
- toothbill
- billboard
- wedgebill
- swordbill
- whitebill
- crossbill
- ivorybill
- underbill
- crookbill
- spoonbill
- sicklebill
- airwaybill
- saddlebill
- billholder
- sheathbill
- cranesbill
- yellowbill
- parrotbill
- billpaying
- billposter
- storksbill
- shovelbill
- brown-bill
- silverbill
- unbillable
- billposting
- billability
- billsticker
- nonbillable
- bristlebill
- scissorbill
- billboarded
- scimitarbill
- billboarding
- billsticking
- billboardlike
- billboardless
- antibillboard
- Christmas tree
- billboardesque
- Christmas tree bill