Biel
English
editEtymology 1
editProper noun
editBiel
- Synonym of Bienne (“a town and municipality in Bern canton, Switzerland”).
Etymology 2
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Proper noun
editBiel
- A village in East Lothian council area, Scotland.
Etymology 3
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Proper noun
editBiel (plural Biels)
- A surname.
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBiel m
- a diminutive of the male given name Gabriel
German
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editBiel n (proper noun, strong, genitive Biels)
- Bienne (city in Switzerland)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
editGerman Low German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German bîl, from the merger of Old Saxon bīl, bil (“peg, nail”) and Old Saxon bil, bill (“hatchet, sword, battle-axe”). Apparently at least partly from Proto-Germanic *bilją (“blade, sword, nail, peg”), but conflated early on with another word, see that entry for more.
Noun
editPlautdietsch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German bîl, see German Low German Biel for more.
Noun
editBiel n (plural Biels)
Polish
editEtymology
editFrom Polish biel (“white”) or Old Polish biel (“mud, swamp”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editBiel m pers
- a male surname
Declension
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Proper noun
editBiel f
- a female surname
Declension
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Further reading
edit- “Biel”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
Portuguese
editProper noun
editBiel m
- pet form of Gabriel
- English terms borrowed from German
- English terms derived from German
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- en:Towns in Switzerland
- en:Municipalities of Switzerland
- en:Places in Switzerland
- en:Villages in East Lothian, Scotland
- en:Villages in Scotland
- en:Places in East Lothian, Scotland
- en:Places in Scotland
- English surnames
- Catalan clippings
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- Catalan given names
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- Catalan diminutives of male given names
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- German Low German terms inherited from Middle Low German
- German Low German terms derived from Middle Low German
- German Low German terms inherited from Old Saxon
- German Low German terms derived from Old Saxon
- German Low German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German Low German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German Low German lemmas
- German Low German nouns
- German Low German neuter nouns
- Plautdietsch terms inherited from Middle Low German
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- Plautdietsch 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɛl
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛl/1 syllable
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- Portuguese lemmas
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