bile
A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in…A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.
» They threw bile in my food.
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable, usually)A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.
Galle
желчьželčʹ, жёлчьžolčʹ
жовчžovč
a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats
(uncountable, usually)Bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility.
желчьželčʹ
(uncountable, usually)Either of two of the four humours, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology.
(obsolete)A boil (kind of swelling).
Examples
9 sentencesThey threw bile in my food.
Where did you get so much bile?
ruОткуда в тебе столько желчи?
Where does all your bile come from?
ruОткуда в тебе столько желчи?
The gallbladder produces bile.
ruЖелчный пузырь вырабатывает желчь.
After the botched gallbladder surgery, the patient was filled with bile, both figuratively and literally.
ruПосле неудачной операции на желчном пузыре пациента в прямом и переносном смысле переполняла желчь.
deNach der vermasselten Cholezystektomie kam dem Patienten die Galle hoch, sowohl im übertragenen Sinn als auch wörtlich.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French bile, from Latin bīlis (“bile”). Obsolete form of boil. Akin to DutchFrom Middle French bile, from Latin bīlis (“bile”).
Obsolete form of boil. Akin to Dutch buil and German Beule, all from Proto-Germanic *būlǭ.
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Forms
plural: biles| Singular | bile |
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uncountable
Synonyms
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