trill
To create a trill soundTo 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.
» I can make a linguolabial trill.
Meaning
4 senses(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.
trillern
sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
(transitive)To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill.
to trill a note, or the letter r
pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme /r/
(intransitive, obsolete)To trickle.
Whisper'd sounds / Of waters, trilling from the riven stone.
(intransitive, obsolete)To twirl.
Examples
10 sentencesI can make a linguolabial trill.
It is difficult to execute trills properly.
I likes the women's trilling in wedding.
She ended the song with a brilliant trill.
The nightingale's trill woke me up early in the morning.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English trillen, from Italian trillo, trillare. Compare German trillern, NorweFrom Middle English trillen, from Italian trillo, trillare. Compare German trillern, Norwegian trille, Swedish trilla.
Perhaps identical to Etymology 3, but compare the same sense of drill, and German trillen, drillen.
Probably related to Old English þweran (“to twirl, stir”). Compare twirl, thirl, and Swedish trilla, Norwegian trille, etc.
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Forms
trills, trilling, trilled, trilledSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle