trill

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English trillen, from Italian trillo, trillare. Compare German trillern, Norwegian trille, Swedish trilla. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /tɹɪl/, [t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪl] Rhymes: -ɪl ==== Noun ==== trill (plural trills) (music) A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it as an ornament; in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff. (phonetics) A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish ⟨rr⟩, /r/. A tremulous high-pitched vocal sound produced by cats. ===== Derived terms ===== trilly ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== trill (third-person singular simple present trills, present participle trilling, simple past and past participle trilled) (intransitive) To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver. Synonym: warble (transitive) To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill. ===== Synonyms ===== roll ===== Derived terms ===== triller ===== Translations ===== ==== Further reading ==== trill (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia trill consonant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 2 === Perhaps identical to Etymology 3, but compare the same sense of drill, and German trillen, drillen. ==== Verb ==== trill (third-person singular simple present trills, present participle trilling, simple past and past participle trilled) (intransitive, obsolete) To trickle. 1737, Richard Glover, Leonidas Book === Etymology 3 === Probably related to Old English þweran (“to twirl, stir”). Compare twirl, thirl, and Swedish trilla, Norwegian trille, etc. ==== Verb ==== trill (third-person singular simple present trills, present participle trilling, simple past and past participle trilled) (intransitive, obsolete) To twirl. ===== Related terms ===== tirl === Etymology 4 === Perhaps a blend of true +‎ real, or from keep it real, exhibiting the fill–feel merger. ==== Adjective ==== trill (comparative triller, superlative trillest) (slang, hip-hop culture) True, respected. == Albanian == === Noun === trill m or f (plural trille, definite trilli, definite plural trillet) whim, tantrum, bizarre fantasy Synonyms: capje, spitullim ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== trilloj == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === trill imperative of trille