Old English · noun
bile
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- IPA
- /ˈbi.le/
- Syllables
- ˈbi · le (2 syllables)
Meaning
bill of a bird
trunk of an elephant
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bili-, related to *bilją (“axe, blade, cutting weapon”).
Descendants
bill
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bile · CC BY-SA 4.0 licence · Attribution