bile
Portuguese, noun/ˈbi.li/
bile is spelled B-I-L-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 49,356th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bile is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “gall; bile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “substância amarelo-esverdeada secretada pelo fígado dos vertebrados e que atua no duodeno auxiliando…”.
What does bile mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegall; bile
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. substância amarelo-esverdeada secretada pelo fígado dos vertebrados e que atua no duodeno auxiliando especialmente na emulsificação e absorção das gorduras (é armazenada na vesícula biliar)
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce bile?
- Brazil /ˈbi.li/
- Portugal /ˈbi.lɨ/
- Brazil /"bi.li/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
bile appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).