billとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /bɪl/, [bɪɫ], enPR: bîl
• 韻: -ɪl

固有名詞

Bill

1. A diminutive of the male given name William.
   • 1974 John le Carré, Tinker. Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Simon&Schuster, 2002, →ISBN, page 7

     "My other name's Bill," he said. "I was christened Bill but Mr Thursgood calls me William." / "Bill, eh. The unpaid Bill. Anyone ever call you that?" / "No, sir." / "Good name, anyway." / "Yes, sir." / "Known a lot of Bills. They've all been good 'uns."

   • 1998 Nick Hornby, About A Boy, Victor Gollancz, 1998, →ISBN, page 208

     One of his neighbours opposite, a nice old guy with a stoop and a horrible little Yorkshire terrier, called him Bill - always had done and presumably always would, right up till the day he died. It actually irritated Will, who was not, he felt, by any stretch of the imagination, a Bill. Bill wouldn't smoke spliffs and listen to Nirvana. So why had he allowed this misapprehension to continue? Why hadn't he just said, four years ago, "Actually my name is Will"?

2. A surname​.
3. (Britain, slang) A nickname for the British constabulary. Often called "The Bill" or "Old Bill"

派生語

• Billary
• Billy

関連する語

• Will