rill

== English == === Etymology 1 === From or akin to West Frisian ril (“rill; a narrow channel”), Dutch ril (“rill; gully; trench; watercourse”), German Low German Rille, Rill (“a small channel; brook; furrow”), German Rille (“a groove; furrow”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɹɪl/ Rhymes: -ɪl ==== Noun ==== rill (plural rills) A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet. (planetology) Alternative form of rille. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== rill (third-person singular simple present rills, present participle rilling, simple past and past participle rilled) To trickle, pour, or run like a small stream. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === A stylized variant of real prevalent in hip-hop. ==== Adjective ==== rill (slang, African-American Vernacular) Real. Coordinate term: rillest == Irish == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Verb === rill (present analytic rilleann, future analytic rillfidh, verbal noun rilleadh, past participle rillte) (transitive) riddle, sieve, sift (transitive) pour (as from sieve) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== rilleán m (“riddle, coarse sieve”) === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “rill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “rillim”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “rill”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026