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billet Mar 23rd 2013, 00:08 Revision as of 00:06, 23 March 2013 (edit) Actarus176 (Talk | contribs) Latest revision as of 00:08, 23 March 2013 (edit) (undo) Actarus176 (Talk | contribs) Line 53: Line 53:       ===Etymology 3===   ===Etymology 3=== − {{etyl|fro}} {{term|billette|lang=fro}}, from {{term|bille||log, tree trunk|lang=fro}}, from {{etyl|VL.}} *''bilia'', possible of Celtic origin (compare Old Irish {{term|bile||tree|lang=sga}}). + {{etyl|fro}} {{term|billette|lang=fro}}, from {{term|bille||log, tree trunk|lang=fro}}, from {{etyl|VL.}} *''bilia'', probably of {{etyl|cel-gau}} origin (compare Old Irish {{term|bile||tree|lang=sga}}).       ====Noun====   ====Noun==== Latest revision as of 00:08, 23 March 2013 Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.3 Etymology 2 1.4 Etymology 3 2 Danish 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun [edit] English Wikipedia has an article on: Wikipedia [edit] Pronunciation (UK, US) IPA: /ˈbɪlɪt/ Rhymes: -ɪlɪt [edit] Etymology 1 From Middle English bylet, from Anglo-Norman billette ("list, schedule"). [edit] Noun billet (plural billets) A short informal letter. 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book VI, chapter xii However, when his cool reflections returned, he plainly perceived that his case was neither mended nor altered by Sophia's billet […] A written order to quarter soldiers. [edit] Translations short informal letter Greek: μπιλιέτο (el) (biliéto) n Russian: записка (ru) (zapíska) f [edit] Etymology 2 Middle French billette ("schedule"), from bullette, diminutive form of bulle ("document"), from Medieval Latin bulla ("document"). [edit] Noun billet (plural billets) a place where a soldier is assigned to lodge 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 9 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865) 17 June 1940: Prime Minister Pétain requests armistice. Germans use the Foucaults' holiday home as officers' billet. Foucault steals firewood for school from collaborationist militia. Foucault does well at school, but messes up his summer exams in 1940. [edit] Verb billet (third-person singular simple present billets, present participle billeting or billetting, simple past and past participle billeted or billetted) (of a householder etc) to lodge soldiers, usually by order (of a soldier) to lodge, or be quartered, in a private house [edit] Translations to lodge soldiers in a private house [edit] Etymology 3 Old French billette, from bille ("log, tree trunk"), from Vulgar Latin *bilia, probably of Gaulish origin (compare Old Irish bile ("tree")). [edit] Noun billet (plural billets) metallurgy a semi-finished length of metal a short piece of wood, especially one used as firewood Shakespeare They shall beat out my brains with billets. (heraldry) A rectangle used as a charge on an escutcheon (architecture) An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood either square or round. (saddlery) A strap which enters a buckle. A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap. (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?) [edit] Translations a semi-finished length of metal Bulgarian: , слитък (bg) m a short piece of firewood [edit] Danish [edit] Etymology From French billet. [edit] Noun billet c (singular definite billetten, plural indefinite billetter) ticket (admission to entertainment, pass for transportation) [edit] Inflection     Inflection of billet [edit] French [edit] Pronunciation audio (file) IPA: /bi.jɛ/, X-SAMPA: /bi.jE/ [edit] Noun billet m (plural billets) ticket note, banknote [edit] Related terms billetterie billetiste billet de banque billet-doux

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