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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”).

Obsolete form of boil. Akin to Dutch buil and German Beule, all from Proto-Germanic *būlǭ.

152 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Aklanon: apdo' — secretion produced by the liver
• Albanian: vrer — secretion produced by the liver
• Amharic: አሞት (ʾämot) — secretion produced by the liver
• Arabic: صَفْرَاء (ṣafrāʔ) — secretion produced by the liver
• Argobba: መራሬ (märare) — secretion produced by the liver
• Armenian: լեղի (leġi) — secretion produced by the liver
• Armenian: մաղձ (maġj) — secretion produced by the liver
• Aromanian: heari — secretion produced by the liver
• Assamese: পিত (pit) — secretion produced by the liver
• Asturian: felén — secretion produced by the liver
• Asturian: fiel — secretion produced by the liver
• Azerbaijani: öd — secretion produced by the liver
• Azerbaijani: səfra — secretion produced by the liver
• Bashkir: үт (üt) — secretion produced by the liver
• Basque: behazun — secretion produced by the liver
• Belarusian: жоўць (žowcʹ) — secretion produced by the liver
• Bhojpuri: पित्त (pitt) — secretion produced by the liver
• Bulgarian: жлъчка (žlǎčka) — secretion produced by the liver
• Bulgarian: жлъч (žlǎč) — secretion produced by the liver
• Burmese: သည်းခြေ (sany:hkre) — secretion produced by the liver
• Catalan: bilis — secretion produced by the liver
• Catalan: fel — secretion produced by the liver
• Cebuano: apdo — secretion produced by the liver
• Chinese Mandarin: 膽汁 /胆汁 (dǎnzhī) — secretion produced by the liver
• Chuvash: ват (vat) — secretion produced by the liver
• Crimean Tatar: öt — secretion produced by the liver
• Czech: žluč — secretion produced by the liver
• Dalmatian: fial — secretion produced by the liver
• Danish: galde — secretion produced by the liver
• Dutch: gal — secretion produced by the liver
• Dzongkha: མཁྲིས་པ (mkhris pa) — secretion produced by the liver
• Esperanto: galo — secretion produced by the liver
• Estonian: sapp — secretion produced by the liver
• Faroese: gall — secretion produced by the liver
• Finnish: sappi — secretion produced by the liver
• French: bile — secretion produced by the liver
• French: fiel — secretion produced by the liver
• Friulian: fêl — secretion produced by the liver
• Galician: fel — secretion produced by the liver
• Galician: bile — secretion produced by the liver
• Ge'ez: ሐሞት (ḥämot) — secretion produced by the liver
• Georgian: ნაღველი (naɣveli) — secretion produced by the liver
• German: Galle — secretion produced by the liver
• Greek: χολή (cholí) — secretion produced by the liver
• Ancient Greek: χολή (kholḗ) — secretion produced by the liver
• Hebrew: מרה (mara) — secretion produced by the liver
• Hindi: पित्त (pitt) — secretion produced by the liver
• Hungarian: epe — secretion produced by the liver
• Icelandic: gall — secretion produced by the liver
• Indonesian: empedu — secretion produced by the liver
• Irish: domlas — secretion produced by the liver
• Italian: fiele — secretion produced by the liver
• Japanese: 胆汁 (tanjū) — secretion produced by the liver
• Javanese: peru — secretion produced by the liver
• Kapampangan: atdu — secretion produced by the liver
• Kazakh: өт (öt) — secretion produced by the liver
• Korean: 쓸개즙 (sseulgaejeup) — secretion produced by the liver
• Northern Kurdish: zerav — secretion produced by the liver
• Kyrgyz: өт (öt) — secretion produced by the liver
• Latin: bīlis — secretion produced by the liver
• Latin: fel — secretion produced by the liver
• Latvian: žults — secretion produced by the liver
• Lithuanian: tulži̇̀s — secretion produced by the liver
• Macedonian: жолчка (žolčka) — secretion produced by the liver
• Malay: hempedu — secretion produced by the liver
• Malayalam: പിത്തം (pittaṁ) — secretion produced by the liver
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: epezu — secretion produced by the liver
• Mansaka: apdo — secretion produced by the liver
• Māori: waiate — secretion produced by the liver
• Mingrelian: ნაღმელი (naɣmeli) — secretion produced by the liver
• Mongolian: цөс (cös) — secretion produced by the liver
• Nanai: силтэ (silte) — secretion produced by the liver
• Navajo: łitsoii — secretion produced by the liver
• Navajo: atłʼizh — secretion produced by the liver
• Neapolitan: fèle — secretion produced by the liver
• Norwegian Bokmål: galle — secretion produced by the liver
• Norwegian Nynorsk: galle — secretion produced by the liver
• Occitan: fèl — secretion produced by the liver
• Old Church Slavonic: зльчь (zlĭčĭ) — secretion produced by the liver
• Old English: ġealla — secretion produced by the liver
• Old Turkic: 𐰇𐰓 — secretion produced by the liver
• Olukumi: rírorò — secretion produced by the liver
• Ossetian: маст (mast) — secretion produced by the liver
• Persian: زرداب (zardâb) — secretion produced by the liver
• Persian: زهره (zahre) — secretion produced by the liver
• Persian: صفرا (safrâ) — secretion produced by the liver
• Persian: گش زرد (goš-e zard) — secretion produced by the liver
• Plautdietsch: Gaul — secretion produced by the liver
• Polish: żółć — secretion produced by the liver
• Portuguese: fel — secretion produced by the liver
• Portuguese: bile — secretion produced by the liver
• Portuguese: bílis — secretion produced by the liver
• Romanian: bilă — secretion produced by the liver
• Romanian: fiere — secretion produced by the liver
• Russian: желчь (želčʹ) — secretion produced by the liver
• Russian: жёлчь (žolčʹ) — secretion produced by the liver
• Sanskrit: अग्नि (agni) — secretion produced by the liver
• Sanskrit: पित्त (pitta) — secretion produced by the liver
• Serbo-Croatian: жуч — secretion produced by the liver
• Serbo-Croatian: žuč — secretion produced by the liver
• Shan: ၼမ်ႉလီ (nâ̰m lǐi) — secretion produced by the liver
• Sicilian: feli — secretion produced by the liver
• Slovak: žlč — secretion produced by the liver
• Slovene: žolč — secretion produced by the liver
• Lower Sorbian: žołc — secretion produced by the liver
• Upper Sorbian: žołč — secretion produced by the liver
• Spanish: bilis — secretion produced by the liver
• Spanish: hiel — secretion produced by the liver
• Svan: ნანღველ (nanɣvel) — secretion produced by the liver
• Swahili: nyongo — secretion produced by the liver
• Swedish: galla — secretion produced by the liver
• Tagalog: apdo — secretion produced by the liver
• Tamil: பித்தநீர் (pittanīr) — secretion produced by the liver
• Tamil: பிச்சு (piccu) — secretion produced by the liver
• Tatar: үт (üt) — secretion produced by the liver
• Tausug: apdu — secretion produced by the liver
• Telugu: పైత్యరసము (paityarasamu) — secretion produced by the liver
• Tetum: horun — secretion produced by the liver
• Thai: น้ําดี (náam-dii) — secretion produced by the liver
• Tocharian B: pit — secretion produced by the liver
• Turkish: öd — secretion produced by the liver
• Turkish: safra — secretion produced by the liver
• Ottoman Turkish: اود (öd) — secretion produced by the liver
• Ottoman Turkish: صفرا (safra) — secretion produced by the liver
• Ukrainian: жовч (žovč) — secretion produced by the liver
• Urdu: پت — secretion produced by the liver
• Uzbek: oʻt — secretion produced by the liver
• Venetan: fiel — secretion produced by the liver
• Vietnamese: mật — secretion produced by the liver
• Volapük: bil — secretion produced by the liver
• Welsh: bustl — secretion produced by the liver
• Yiddish: גאַל (gal) — secretion produced by the liver
• Yoruba: òróòro — secretion produced by the liver
• Yoruba: àdilé — secretion produced by the liver
• Yoruba: jẹ̀dí-jẹ̀dí — secretion produced by the liver
• Armenian: մաղձ (maġj) — bitterness of temper; ill humour
• Bulgarian: раздразнителност (razdraznitelnost) — bitterness of temper; ill humour
• Catalan: fel — bitterness of temper; ill humour
• Danish: galde — bitterness of temper; ill humour
• Finnish: sapekkuus — bitterness of temper; ill humour
• French: bile — bitterness of temper; ill humour
• Galician: fel — bitterness of temper; ill humour
• Greek: χολή (cholí) — bitterness of temper; ill humour
• Polish: żółć — bitterness of temper; ill humour
• Romanian: fiere — bitterness of temper; ill humour
• Romanian: irascibilitate — bitterness of temper; ill humour
• Russian: желчь (želčʹ) — bitterness of temper; ill humour
• Lower Sorbian: žołc — bitterness of temper; ill humour
• Upper Sorbian: žołč — bitterness of temper; ill humour
• Swedish: ilska — bitterness of temper; ill humour
• Swedish: gallfeber — bitterness of temper; ill humour
• Ottoman Turkish: صفرا (safra) — bitterness of temper; ill humour