broil

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /bɹɔɪl/ Rhymes: -ɔɪl (dialectal, archaic) IPA(key): /bɹaɪl/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English broylen, brulen (“to broil, cook”), from Anglo-Norman bruiller, broiller (“to broil, roast”), Old French brusler, bruller (“to broil, roast, char”), a blend of two Old French verbs: bruir (“to burn”), from Frankish *brōjan (“to burn, scald”) usler (“to scorch”), from Latin ustulō (“to scorch”) ==== Verb ==== broil (third-person singular simple present broils, present participle broiling, simple past and past participle broiled) (transitive, Canada, US, obsolete in the UK) To cook by direct, radiant heat. Synonym: (British) grill (transitive, Canada, US) To expose to great heat. (intransitive, Canada, US) To be exposed to great heat. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== broil (plural broils) Food prepared by broiling. ===== Derived terms ===== London broil === Etymology 2 === From Middle English broilen (“to quarrel, present in disorder”), from Anglo-Norman broiller (“to mix up”), from Vulgar Latin *brodiculāre (“to jumble together”) from *brodum (“broth, stew”), from Frankish *broþ (“broth”), from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“broth”). ==== Alternative forms ==== broyl (obsolete) ==== Verb ==== broil (third-person singular simple present broils, present participle broiling, simple past and past participle broiled) (transitive) To cause a rowdy disturbance; embroil. (intransitive, obsolete) To brawl. ==== Noun ==== broil (plural broils) (archaic) A brawl; a rowdy disturbance. ===== Synonyms ===== skirmish ===== Translations ===== === References === === Anagrams === LIBOR, libro-