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Meaning of Bile | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
baɪl

Definitions

  1. A boil (kind of swelling).
    obsolete
  2. A Bantu language spoken in Nigeria.
  3. 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.
    uncountable, usually
  4. Bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility.
    uncountable, usually
  5. Either of two of the four humours, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology.
    uncountable, usually

Equivalents

አማርኛ አሞት
Azərbaycanca od səfra
Беларуская жоўць
Bosanski bila bile jed žuč жуч
Català bilis fel
Čeština žluč žlučový
Cymraeg bustl
Dansk galde
Ελληνικά χολή
Esperanto galo
Español bilis hiel
Eesti sapp
فارسی زهره صفرا
Français bile bile fiel
Gaeilge domlas
Galego bile fel
עברית מרה
हिन्दी अनल पित्त
Hrvatski bila bile jed žuč жуч
Magyar epe
Հայերեն լեղի մաղձ
Bahasa Indonesia empedu nyali
Íslenska gall
Italiano bile fiele
ქართული ნაღველი
Қазақша өт
한국어 쓸개즙
Kurdî bila bîle êpê fêl gal mat od
Latina bilis fel
Lietuvių tulžis
Latviešu žults
Македонски жолчка
മലയാളം പിത്തം
Монгол цөс
Bahasa Melayu hempedu
မြန်မာဘာသာ သည်းခြေ
Nederlands gal
Português bile bílis fel
Русский жёлчь
Slovenčina žlč
Slovenščina žolč
Shqip vrer
Српски bila bile jed žuč жуч
Kiswahili nyongo
தமிழ் பிச்சு
తెలుగు పైత్యరసము
ไทย น้ำดี
Tagalog apdo
Türkçe od safra
Українська жовч
اردو پت
Oʻzbekcha oʻt
Tiếng Việt mặt tiết

Examples

“I shall tire of my Journal if it is to contain nothing but biles and plasters and unguents.”
“He spake out of the Pythonesse, Act. 16. 17. brought downe fire from heauen, and consumed Iobs sheepe 7000. and his seruants, raised a storme, strooke the house wherein his sonnes and daughters feasted with their elder brother, smote the foure corners of it, with the ruine whereof they all were destroyed, and perished: and ouerspread the body of that holy Saint their father with botches[t] and biles from the sole of his foot to the crowne of his head.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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