bille
French
noun
Definitions
- marble spherical ball
- (snooker) ball
- ball bearing
- (slang) dimwit
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French bille inherited from Old French bille (log, tree trunk, stick, small ball) derived from Frankish *bikkil (ossicle, a die) derived from Proto-Germanic *bikkilaz (ossicle, stonemason, pebble, die, talus, piece of bone, piece of chipped stone bone).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*bikkilaz
Gloss
ossicle, stonemason, pebble, die, talus, piece of bone, piece of chipped stone bone
Concept
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Ontological Category
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- billet English
- billiard English
- billiards English
- billot English
- *bilia Latin
- Billard German
- bilia Italian
- biliardo Italian
- biel Dutch, Flemish
- bikkel Dutch, Flemish
- biljart Dutch, Flemish
- billard French
- billot French
- habillage French
- habillement French
- habiller French
- habilleur French
- habilleuse French
- microbille French
- rhabiller French
- billar Spanish, Castilian
- biljard Norwegian Bokmål
- bilha Portuguese
- bilhar Portuguese
- *bikkilaz Proto-Germanic
- bilard Polish
- biljard Norwegian Nynorsk
- billard Danish
- abiller Old French
- billard Old French
- bille Old French
- billette Old French
- billar Catalan, Valencian
- billa Galician
- birlo Galician
- bekel Indonesian
- pickel Middle Dutch
- bi Vietnamese
- bút bi Vietnamese
- bille Middle French
- *bikkil gmw-pro
- *belyom Proto-Celtic
- *belyos Proto-Celtic
- *bikkil Frankish
- ບີຢາ Lao
- bilyard Crimean Tatar
- billé Louisiana Creole French