What does bille in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word bille in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use bille in French.

The word bille in French means marble, ball, little ball, ball bearing, block, ball, face, roll out, tie up, hitch up, with a ball, with a rollerball, roll-on deodorant, blindly push on, dive in head first, bulldoze ahead, take for a fool, take for an idiot, ballpoint pen, ballpoint, ballpoint pen, know a thing or two about, be good at, ball screw. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word bille

marble

nom féminin (Jeu : petite boule)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
À la fin de la récré, Charlotte avait gagné une dizaine de billes. Les enfants jouent souvent aux billes pendant la récréation.
Children often play marbles at breaktime.

ball, little ball

nom féminin (petite boule)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
J'adore rajouter des billes de chocolat à mes yaourts. L'intérieur du citron caviar est constitué d'une multitude de billes.
I love adding chocolate balls to my yoghurts. The inside of a finger lime is made up of a lot of little balls.

ball bearing

nom féminin (Mécanique : sphère d'acier)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Cette porte de garage utilise des roulements à bille.
This garage door uses ball bearings.

block

nom féminin (section de grume) (wood)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Michel a fait plusieurs bûches avec cette bille de bois.
Michael cut a lot of logs from that block of wood.

ball

nom féminin (boule de billard) (snooker, pool)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le billard français se joue avec trois billes.
French billiards is played with three balls.

face

nom féminin (argot (visage, tête)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Qu'est-ce qu'il y a ? Tu fais une drôle de bille ce matin !
What's up? Look at the face on you this morning!

roll out

verbe transitif (pâtisserie : aplatir au rouleau) (pastry)

tie up

verbe transitif (corder (un paquet)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")

hitch up

verbe transitif (attacher au halage)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")

with a ball, with a rollerball

locution adjectivale (muni d'une bille)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

roll-on deodorant

nom masculin (déodorant à bille imbibée)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

blindly push on, dive in head first, bulldoze ahead

locution verbale (agir sans réfléchir)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

take for a fool, take for an idiot

locution verbale (familier (considérer [qqn] comme stupide)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

ballpoint pen, ballpoint

nom masculin (stylo à pointe bille métallique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le brevet du stylo à bille date de 1938.

ballpoint pen

nom masculin (instrument pour écrire)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
J'ai toujours un stylo-bille noir sur moi.

know a thing or two about, be good at

(familier (s'y connaître)

He knows a thing or two when it comes to computers.

ball screw

nom féminin (type de vis)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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