bile
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bile¹
- /baɪl/
- /ˈbaɪ.əl/
Rhymes with -aɪl
Where it comes from
From Middle French bile, from Latin bīlis (“bile”).
Partially displaced native English gall (“bile”), from Middle English galle, from Old English galla, ġealla (“gall, bile”).
noun biles
- A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.
- Bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility.
- Either of two of the four humours, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology. I shall tire of my Journal if it is to contain nothing but biles and plasters and unguents.
bile²
- /baɪl/
- /ˈbaɪ.əl/
Rhymes with -aɪl
Where it comes from
Obsolete form of boil. Akin to Dutch buil and German Beule, all from Proto-Germanic *būlǭ.
noun biles
- A boil (kind of swelling).
verb biles · biling · bileing · biled
- Pronunciation spelling of boil We pretty near biled ourselves and Miss Euly done got her bes' pink apron stained, an' I dropped Sis Suky's big kitchen spoon in de hogshead of sand […]
Bile³
proper noun
- A Bantu language spoken in Nigeria.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: gall, biliary, heart, bladder, venom, poison, sweat, esculin, billy, slime, beli, channel, canal, choler, worried, irascibility
Translations
Every language
noun secretion produced by the liver
| Español | bilis, hiel |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 쓸개즙 sseulgaejeup |
| 日本語 | 胆汁 tanjū |
| 中文 | 膽汁 /胆汁 dǎnzhī |
| हिन्दी | पित्त pitt |
| Kiswahili | nyongo |
| Português | fel, bile, bílis |
| Français | bile, fiel |
| Deutsch | Galle |
| Italiano | fiele |
| Ελληνικά | χολή cholí |
| Română | bilă, fiere |
| Русский | желчь želčʹ, жёлчь žolčʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | mật |
| العربية | صَفْرَاء ṣafrāʔ |
| עברית | מרה mara |
noun bitterness of temper; ill humour
| Français | bile |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | χολή cholí |
| Română | fiere, irascibilitate |
| Русский | желчь želčʹ |
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title = {bile},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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