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Definition: Billfold |
BillfoldNoun1. A pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: BillfoldSynonyms: notecase (n), pocketbook (n), wallet (n). (additional references) |
| "Billfold" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Billfold" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 50% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Adverb (general) | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
billfold | 93 |
billfold leather | 3 |
billfold for man | 3 |
billfold wallet | 3 |
eelskin billfold | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "billfold"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kuletë (handbag, pocket book, pouch, purse, wallet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | محفظة جيب, محفظة (briefcase, handbag, pocket book, portfolio, purse, wallet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сгъваем портфейл. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | penìženka (purse, wallet), náprsní taška (notecase, wallet, Wallie). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | کیف جیبی اسکناس , دفترچه جیبی برای گذاشتن اسکناس . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | lompakko (pocket-book, wallet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | portefeuille, porte de billets. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | brieftasche (notecase, pocketbook, purse, wallet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | levéltárca (note case, note-case, pocketbook, wallet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | dompet (pocket book, purse, wallet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | portafoglio (pocketbook, portfolio, wallet), portafogli. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 札入れ (wallet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | さついれ (wallet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | illfoldbay sacola (bag, Dibble, noted, satchel, wallet), saco (bag, budget, bunt, notecase, sac, sack, sieve, vesicle, wallet), mochila (backpack, budget, haversack, kit, knapsack, notecase, wallet), carteira de bolso (notecase). (various references) бумажник (note case, notecase, pocket book, wallet). (various references) novčanik (notecase, purse, wallet). (various references) billetero (notecase, wallet), cartera (bag, briefcase, dispatch box, file, handbag, notecase, pannier, pannier bag, pocketbook, portfolio, purse, saddlebag, satchel, school bag, wallet, written premium). (various references) plånbok (note case, pocketbook, wallet). (various references) กระเป๋าสตางค์. (various references) cüzdan (pocket book, purse, wallet). (various references) невеликий гаманець. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "billfold": billfolds. (additional references) | |
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"Billfold" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bellefroid. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "billfold" (pronounced bi"lfō'ld) |
| 4 | -f ō' l d | blindfold, centerfold, eightfold, fivefold, fourfold, manifold, ninefold, sevenfold, sixfold, tenfold, threefold. |
| 3 | -ō' l d | bankrolled, buttonholed, chokehold, foothold, freehold, handhold, household, leasehold, Mangold, marigold, pigeonholed, potholed, stranglehold, stronghold, threshold, toehold. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-f-i-l-l-l-o" | |
-2 letters: bifold. | |
-3 letters: fillo. | |
-4 letters: bill, boil, bold, boll, dill, diol, doll, fido, fill, filo, foil, fold, idol, lido, loll. | |
-5 letters: bid, bio, bod, dib, dol, fib, fid, fil, fob, ill, lib, lid, lob, obi, oil, old. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-f-i-l-l-l-o" | |
+1 letter: billfolds. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 69 6C 6C 66 6F 6C 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .. .-.. .-.. ..-. --- .-.. -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101001 01101100 01101100 01100110 01101111 01101100 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B i l l f o l d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0069 006C 006C 0066 006F 006C 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3675787872817870 |
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