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bille

French, noun

bille is spelled B-I-L-L-E (5 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,679th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bille is a French feminine noun meaning “marble (spherical ball)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of biller. With an accent, billé is a different word: “past participle of biller”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tronc d’arbre brut, simplement débarrassé de ses branches pour être envoyé à la scierie”.

What does bille mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemarble (spherical ball)

  2. 2

    feminineball

  3. 3

    feminineball bearing

  4. 4

    feminineslangdimwit

noun

  1. 1

    femininetree trunk (chopped down, ready for sawing)

  2. 2

    femininerailway sleeper

  3. 3

    femininerolling pin

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as billé
  1. 1

    past participle of biller

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Tronc d’arbre brut, simplement débarrassé de ses branches pour être envoyé à la scierie. 2. Traverse de chemin de fer. 3. Pièce de bois de 5m 40 destinée à être coupée en deux pour faire deux traverses. 4. Rejeton qui pousse au pied d'un arbre.

noun: 1. Petite boule de pierre ou de verre qui sert à des jeux d’enfants. 2. Boule autrefois d’ivoire, aujourd’hui de matière plastique servant au jeu de billard. 3. Petite boule du jeu de la roulette. 4. Petite sphère d’acier.

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 bille

  • billes plural
  • billée feminine
  • billés masculine plural
  • billées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to bille

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bille in French?

bille appears 2.3 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).

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