ril

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɪl/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ril
  • Rhymes: -ɪl

Etymology 1

Related to English rill, German Rille. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

ril f (plural rillen)

  1. rille
  2. groove in soil, furrow
  3. (dialectal) brook, streamlet, rill
    • 1835, Fridrich Arends, Natuurkundige geschiedenis van de kusten der Noordzee, vol. I, tr. from German, W. van Boekeren (publ.), page 194.
      De kust-rivieren en beken, als ook de rillen of rijten en kleinere stroomen, zullen insgelijks door dergelijke dijken een eind opwaarts beperkt zijn geworden; []
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  4. (dialectal) ridge or eminence between two depressions or grooves
    • 1975, Rijksinstituut voor Onderzoek in de Bos- en Landschapsbouw De Dorschkamp, Uitvoerig verslag, page 202.
      Een andere mogelijkheid hiervoor is dat het zaad door windturbulentie in de vore terecht komt en niet op de ril.
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ril

  1. first-person singular present indicative of rillen
  2. imperative of rillen

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Attested since 1409 (rrijn). From an Old Galician and Old Portuguese *rẽil > *rĩĩl , from Vulgar Latin *rēnile, from Latin rēn.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈril/

Noun

ril m (plural riles)

  1. kidney (as organ)
  2. (usually in the plural) kidney (as food)

References

  • rrijn” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • ril” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • ril” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • ril” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “riñón”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Welsh

Ril
Ril y tri

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /riːl/
  • Rhymes: -iːl

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English reel.

Noun

ril f (plural rils or riliau, not mutable)

  1. reel, spool

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English reel.

Noun

ril f (plural rils or riliau, not mutable)

  1. reel (folk dance)
Derived terms

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), ril”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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