See Bill on Wiktionary
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},
{
"ipa": "[bɪɫ]"
},
{
"enpr": "bîl"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-bill.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/En-us-bill.ogg/En-us-bill.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/En-us-bill.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪl"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "bīl",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "بِيل"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "bil",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "بِيل"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "Bil",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "Բիլ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "Bil",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Бил"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "比爾"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Bǐ'ěr",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "比尔"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Bill"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Bill"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "bil",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "ბილ"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "Bil",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Μπιλ"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bil",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "बिल"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "Vili"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Biru",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "ビル"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "Bil",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "빌"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "Piri"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bil",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "بیل"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Bill"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "Bill",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Билл"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "male given name",
"word": "Guille"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"english": "Bill",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"sense": "male given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Білл"
}
],
"word": "Bill"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "proper noun",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"g": "m",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "Bill m",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "Bill m",
"name": "pt-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
"Portuguese given names",
"Portuguese lemmas",
"Portuguese male given names",
"Portuguese male given names from English",
"Portuguese masculine nouns",
"Portuguese proper nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"a male given name from English, equivalent to English Bill"
],
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
],
[
"Bill",
"Bill#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "Bill"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "en",
"3": "Bill"
},
"expansion": "English Bill",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From English Bill. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1895.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Bills",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "proper noun",
"3": "genitive",
"4": "Bills",
"g": "c",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "Bill c (genitive Bills)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "c"
},
"expansion": "Bill c (genitive Bills)",
"name": "sv-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Requests for translations of Swedish quotations",
"Swedish common-gender nouns",
"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish given names",
"Swedish lemmas",
"Swedish male given names",
"Swedish proper nouns",
"Swedish terms derived from English",
"Swedish terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1994, Maria Gripe, Egna världar, →ISBN, page 272:",
"text": "—Vem är Bill, mamma?\nJag väntade mig inget svar, men mamma skrattade:\n—Vet du inte det? Jo, det kommer från farmor. När pappa var liten brukade hon på skoj kalla honom för Bill...Lille Bill...Vilde Bill...Det tog han efter sen och kallade sig ofta Bill. Fast för min del sa jag alltid Birger.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a male given name"
],
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
]
],
"tags": [
"common-gender"
]
}
],
"word": "Bill"
}
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