Значение

значений: 14
  1. A short informal letter.

    запи́скаzapíska

    a short personal letter

  2. A written order to quarter soldiers.

  3. A sealed ticket for a draw or lottery.

  4. A place where a soldier is assigned to lodge.

  5. Temporary lodgings in a private residence, such as is organised for members of a visiting sports team.

  6. An allocated space or berth in a boat or ship.

  7. (переносно)Berth; position.

  8. A semi-finished length of metal.

    сли́токslítok, брусо́кbrusók

  9. A short piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.

    поле́ноpoléno, чурба́нčurbán, пла́шкаpláška

  10. A short cutting of sugar cane produced by a harvester or used for planting.

  11. A rectangle used as a charge on an escutcheon.

  12. An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood, either square or round.

Примеры

предложений: 5
  1. The soldiers were billeted in villages.

  2. That was a chance shot, but it found its billet.

  3. Mass producing parts via casting is much cheaper than machining them from whole billet.

  4. Every bullet has its billet.

  5. For optimal strength, this part is made from billet aluminum, machined into shape by a CNC mill.

Переводы

языков: 2
Русский
По значениям 3
short informal letter:
semi-finished length of metal:
short piece of firewood:

Происхождение

From Middle English bylet, from Anglo-Norman billette (“list, schedule”), from bille + -et

From Middle English bylet, from Anglo-Norman billette (“list, schedule”), from bille + -ette, from Latin bulla (“document”).

From Middle French billette (“schedule”), from bullette, diminutive form of bulle (“document”), from Medieval Latin bulla, hence cognate with etymology 1 above.

From Middle English billet, bylet, belet, billette, from Old French billette, from bille (“log, tree trunk”), from Vulgar Latin *bilia, probably of Gaulish origin (compare Old Irish bile (“tree”)).

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Формы

мн. число: billets
Ед. числоbillet
Мн. числоbillets

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 3
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Однокоренные

связанных слов: 7

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