After the botched gallbladder surgery, the patient was filled with bile, both figuratively and literally.
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Bile
//baɪl//
Synonyms for "bile" (70 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (35)
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2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
has context
1 entriesis a
5 entriesrelated to
16 entriesTranslations
151 translations across 111 languages.
Aklanon
1 entries- apdo' noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Albanian
1 entries- vrer noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Amharic
1 entries- አሞት noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- χολή noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Arabic
1 entries- صَفْرَاء noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Argobba
1 entries- መራሬ noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Armenian
3 entries- լեղի noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- մաղձ noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- մաղձ noun (bitterness of temper; ill humour)
Aromanian
1 entries- heari noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Assamese
1 entries- পিত noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Asturian
2 entries- felén noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- fiel noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- səfra noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- öd noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Bashkir
1 entries- үт noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Basque
1 entries- behazun noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Belarusian
1 entries- жоўць noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- पित्त noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Bulgarian
3 entries- жлъч noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- жлъчка noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- раздразнителност noun (bitterness of temper; ill humour)
Burmese
1 entries- သည်းခြေ noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Catalan
3 entries- bilis noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- fel noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- fel noun (bitterness of temper; ill humour)
Cebuano
1 entries- apdo noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 膽汁 /胆汁 noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Chuvash
1 entries- ват noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- öt noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Czech
1 entries- žluč noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Dalmatian
1 entries- fial noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Danish
2 entries- galde noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- galde noun (bitterness of temper; ill humour)
Dutch
1 entries- gal noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Dzongkha
1 entries- མཁྲིས་པ noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Esperanto
1 entries- galo noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Estonian
1 entries- sapp noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Faroese
1 entries- gall noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Finnish
2 entries- sapekkuus noun (bitterness of temper; ill humour)
- sappi noun (secretion produced by the liver)
French
3 entries- bile noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- bile noun (bitterness of temper; ill humour)
- fiel noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Friulian
1 entries- fêl noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Galician
3 entries- bile noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- fel noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- fel noun (bitterness of temper; ill humour)
Ge'ez
1 entries- ሐሞት noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Georgian
1 entries- ნაღველი noun (secretion produced by the liver)
German
1 entries- Galle noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Greek
2 entries- χολή noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- χολή noun (bitterness of temper; ill humour)
Hebrew
1 entries- מרה noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Hindi
1 entries- पित्त noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Hungarian
1 entries- epe noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Icelandic
1 entries- gall noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Indonesian
1 entries- empedu noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Irish
1 entries- domlas noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Italian
1 entries- fiele noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Japanese
1 entries- 胆汁 noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Javanese
1 entries- peru noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Kapampangan
1 entries- atdu noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Kazakh
1 entries- өт noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Korean
1 entries- 쓸개즙 noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- өт noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Latin
2 entries- bīlis noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- fel noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Latvian
1 entries- žults noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Lithuanian
1 entries- tulži̇̀s noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- žołc noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- žołc noun (bitterness of temper; ill humour)
Macedonian
1 entries- жолчка noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Malay
1 entries- hempedu noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Malayalam
1 entries- പിത്തം noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Mansaka
1 entries- apdo noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Mingrelian
1 entries- ნაღმელი noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Mongolian
1 entries- цөс noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Māori
1 entries- waiate noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Nanai
1 entries- силтэ noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Navajo
2 entries- atłʼizh noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- łitsoii noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Neapolitan
1 entries- fèle noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- zerav noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- galle noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- galle noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Occitan
1 entries- fèl noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Old Church Slavonic
1 entries- зльчь noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Old English
1 entries- ġealla noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Old Turkic
1 entries- 𐰇𐰓 noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Olukumi
1 entries- rírorò noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Ossetian
1 entries- маст noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- اود noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- صفرا noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- صفرا noun (bitterness of temper; ill humour)
Persian
3 entries- زرداب noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- زهره noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- صفرا noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Gaul noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Polish
2 entries- żółć noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- żółć noun (bitterness of temper; ill humour)
Portuguese
3 entries- bile noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- bílis noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- fel noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Romanian
4 entries- bilă noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- fiere noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- fiere noun (bitterness of temper; ill humour)
- irascibilitate noun (bitterness of temper; ill humour)
Russian
3 entries- желчь noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- желчь noun (bitterness of temper; ill humour)
- жёлчь noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Sanskrit
2 entries- अग्नि noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- पित्त noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- žuč noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- жуч noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Shan
1 entries- ၼမ်ႉလီ noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Sicilian
1 entries- feli noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Slovak
1 entries- žlč noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Slovene
1 entries- žolč noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Spanish
2 entries- bilis noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- hiel noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Svan
1 entries- ნანღველ noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Swahili
1 entries- nyongo noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Swedish
3 entries- galla noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- gallfeber noun (bitterness of temper; ill humour)
- ilska noun (bitterness of temper; ill humour)
Tagalog
1 entries- apdo noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Tamil
2 entries- பிச்சு noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- பித்தநீர் noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Tatar
1 entries- үт noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Tausug
1 entries- apdu noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Telugu
1 entries- పైత్యరసము noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Tetum
1 entries- horun noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Thai
1 entries- น้ำดี noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Tocharian B
1 entries- pit noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Turkish
2 entries- safra noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- öd noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Ukrainian
1 entries- жовч noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Upper Sorbian
2 entries- žołč noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- žołč noun (bitterness of temper; ill humour)
Urdu
1 entries- پت noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Uzbek
1 entries- oʻt noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Venetan
1 entries- fiel noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Vietnamese
1 entries- mật noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Volapük
1 entries- bil noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Welsh
1 entries- bustl noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Western Bukidnon Manobo
1 entries- epezu noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Yiddish
1 entries- גאַל noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Yoruba
3 entries- jẹ̀dí-jẹ̀dí noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- àdilé noun (secretion produced by the liver)
- òróòro noun (secretion produced by the liver)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The gallbladder produces bile.
Source: tatoeba (4536188)
It's unusual, but there are critters that bleed different colors of the rainbow besides red. The New Guinea lizards' blood — along with their tongues, muscles and bones — appear green because of incredibly large doses of a green bile pigment.
Source: tatoeba (6992043)
They threw bile in my food.
Source: tatoeba (7856256)
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