biller
See also: Biller
English
Etymology
Etymology tree
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ)
Noun
biller (plural billers)
- (business) An issuer of a bill.
- One who bills (caresses in fondness), in the context of billing and cooing.
- 1923, Walter de la Mare, Seaton's Aunt:
- " […] O, O, O," continued the horrible old creature, "you billers and cooers, I have been listening to such flatteries, such confessions! Beware, beware, Arthur, there's many a slip."
Translations
issuer of a bill
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Anagrams
Danish
Noun
biller c
- indefinite plural of bille
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi.je/
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Verb
biller
- to turn a piece of wood placed on a support
- to flatten dough with a rolling pin
- to place balls of solder on a component in preparation for welding to a printed circuit board
Conjugation
Conjugation of biller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | biller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | billant /bi.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | billé /bi.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bille /bij/ |
billes /bij/ |
bille /bij/ |
billons /bi.jɔ̃/ |
billez /bi.je/ |
billent /bij/ |
| imperfect | billais /bi.jɛ/ |
billais /bi.jɛ/ |
billait /bi.jɛ/ |
billions /bij.jɔ̃/ |
billiez /bij.je/ |
billaient /bi.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | billai /bi.je/ |
billas /bi.ja/ |
billa /bi.ja/ |
billâmes /bi.jam/ |
billâtes /bi.jat/ |
billèrent /bi.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | billerai /bij.ʁe/ |
billeras /bij.ʁa/ |
billera /bij.ʁa/ |
billerons /bij.ʁɔ̃/ |
billerez /bij.ʁe/ |
billeront /bij.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | billerais /bij.ʁɛ/ |
billerais /bij.ʁɛ/ |
billerait /bij.ʁɛ/ |
billerions /bi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
billeriez /bi.jə.ʁje/ |
billeraient /bij.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bille /bij/ |
billes /bij/ |
bille /bij/ |
billions /bij.jɔ̃/ |
billiez /bij.je/ |
billent /bij/ |
| imperfect2 | billasse /bi.jas/ |
billasses /bi.jas/ |
billât /bi.ja/ |
billassions /bi.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
billassiez /bi.ja.sje/ |
billassent /bi.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bille /bij/ |
— | billons /bi.jɔ̃/ |
billez /bi.je/ |
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| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “biller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
biller m
- indefinite plural of bille
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
biller f
- indefinite plural of bille