bile
French, noun/bil/
bile is spelled B-I-L-E (4 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bile is a French feminine noun meaning “bile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Humeur sécrétée par le foie et stockée dans la vésicule biliaire”.
What does bile mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebile
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Humeur sécrétée par le foie et stockée dans la vésicule biliaire. 2. Colère
noun: 1. Langue jarawane parlée au Nigeria.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bile
- biles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bile?
- /bil/
- \bil\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bile in French?
bile appears 1.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).