Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bilevel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.44 in modern English

Syllables: bilevel
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having two levels.

noun

A house with two adjacent levels that are less than a story apart.

noun

A binary image, one that has only two possible values for each pixel (usually black and white).

noun

A women's hairstyle similar to the mullet.

Example Sentences

"We developed a bilevel approach to the problem."
"They live in a little bilevel on the edge of town."
"MULLET / Now this is what we call “business in the front, party in the back”! A male haircut derived from the 1980s female-oriented bi-level […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Proto-Indo-European *leyH-der. Proto-Indo-European *-dʰromder. Proto-Italic *līðrā? Latin lībra Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -la Latin libella Old French livelbor. Middle English level English level English bilevel From bi- + level.

Inflected Forms

bi-level (alternative) bilevels (plural)

Synonyms

two-level split-level

Questions

What does bilevel mean?: Having two levels.
Where does bilevel come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Proto-Indo-European *leyH-der. Proto-Indo-European *-dʰromder. Proto-Italic *līðrā? Latin lībra Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -la Latin libella Old French livelbor. Middle English level English level English bilevel From bi- + level.

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