biel
See also: Biel
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French bille.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bil/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: biel
- Rhymes: -il
Noun
biel f (plural biels, diminutive bieltje n)
- (archaic) railway sleeper
Usage notes
The plural form has been reanalysed as a new singular form. The original singular is no longer commonly used.
Synonyms
- biels
- dwarsligger
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin bellus.
Adjective
biel m (plural biei, feminine biele, feminine plural bielis)
- beautiful, handsome
Related terms
- bielece
Istriot
Alternative forms
- bielo
Etymology
From Latin bellus.
Adjective
biel m (plural bai, feminine biela, feminine plural biele)
- beautiful
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 68:
- Ma sulo i tuoi bai uoci, anema meîa,
- But only your beautiful eyes, oh soul of mine,
- Ma sulo i tuoi bai uoci, anema meîa,
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 68:
Related terms
- balissa
Maltese
| Root |
|---|
| b-w-l |
| 2 terms |
Etymology
From Arabic بالَ (bāla).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɪːl/
Verb
biel (imperfect jbul)
- (chiefly informal) to pee, piss, urinate
- Synonyms: għadda l-awrina, għamel l-awrina, (rarely) awrina
Usage notes
- This verb is usually equivalent to English “pee” or “piss” (though not as vulgar as the latter). However, biel is at times found in formal texts, as it is the inherited Arabic word and may thus be favoured in purist style.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of biel | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | bilt | bilt | biel | bilna | biltu | bielu | |
| f | bielet | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nbul | tbul | jbul | nbulu | tbulu | jbulu | |
| f | tbul | |||||||
| imperative | bul | bulu | ||||||
Old Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *bělъ.
Noun
biel
- mud, swamp
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bjɛl/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛl
- Syllabification: biel
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Polish biel, from Proto-Slavic *bělь.
Noun
biel f
- white (color)
- Synonym: białość
- white (dye)
- white (clothes)
- ubrany w biel ― dressed in white
Declension
Declension of biel
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | biel |
| genitive | bieli |
| dative | bieli |
| accusative | biel |
| instrumental | bielą |
| locative | bieli |
| vocative | bieli |
Related terms
adjective
- biały
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělь.
Noun
biel m inan
- sapwood
Declension
Declension of biel
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | biel | biele |
| genitive | bielu | bieli |
| dative | bielowi | bielom |
| accusative | biel | biele |
| instrumental | bielem | bielami |
| locative | bielu | bielach |
| vocative | bielu | biele |
Derived terms
adjective
- bielasty
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
biel
- second-person singular imperative of bielić
Further reading
- biel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- biel in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Adjective
biel (Cyrillic spelling биел)
- Obsolete spelling of bijel