bile

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

bile

bilis

Galle

bile

χολή

gal

fiel

fiele

bílis

bilis

bilis

bile

hiel

safra

Pronounced as (IPA)

/baɪl/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: buil

Cognate with German: Beule

In summary

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