bile

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.
2. (uncountable, usually) Bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility.
3. (uncountable, usually) Either of two of the four humours, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology.

Verb

Pronunciation spelling of boil.

Concepts

bile

fiel

amer

vésicule biliaire

canal biliaire

Synonymes

gall

gall bladder

spleen

malice

shortness of temper

irascibility

choler

landmark

Marah

phlegm

spite

bilious humour

fel

acrimony

life's pain

bile duct

bitterness

bladder

call

gallbladder

irritability

Traductions

bilis

Galle

bile

χολή

gal

fiele

bílis

bilis

bilis

bile

hiel

safra

صفراء

fel

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/baɪl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à néerlandais: buil

Appartenant à allemand: Beule

In summary

Mid 16th century, via Middle French, from Latin bīlis (“bile”).