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Biel
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biel bîel
English
Etymology 1
+/Bienne
en de Biel.
Proper noun
en @syn of:Bienne town/and/municipality in can/Bern c/Switzerland.
Derived terms
en Biel/Bienne official renaming
Etymology 2
+, East Lothian
en
Proper noun
en village carea/East Lothian cc/Scotland.
Etymology 3
en
Proper noun
s
en.
Derived terms
en Timberbiel
Anagrams
en beil beli -ible bile Lieb
Catalan
Etymology
ca :clipping Grabiel
ca Grabiel.
Pronunciation
è
Proper noun
m
ca male Gabriel
German
de:
Pronunciation
de [biːl]
de De-Biel.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
n
Bienne city in Switzerland
Declension
toponym
Derived terms
de Bieler
de Bielerin
Related terms
de Bielersee
Further reading
Biel__BE_ Biel
Low German
Etymology
From nds gml bîl, from the merger of nds osx bīl, osx bil peg, nail and nds osx bil, osx bill hatchet, sword, battle-axe. Apparently at least partly from nds gem-pro *bilją blade, sword, nail, peg, but conflated early on with another word, see that entry for more.
Noun
n Bielen,Bilen nds GLG
axe, hatchet
Plautdietsch
Etymology
From pdt gml bîl, see nds-de Biel for more.
Noun
n Biels
axe, hatchet
pdt 1-syllable words
pdt Tools
Polish
Etymology
From pl biel white or zlw-opl biel mud, swamp.
Pronunciation
Pl-biel.ogg
Proper noun
m-pr
pl m
Declension
pl
Proper noun
f
pl f
Declension
pl
Further reading
Portuguese
Proper noun
m
pt male Gabriel