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Rille

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French

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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la Rille f

  1. obsolete spelling of Risle (river in Normandie)

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Low German Rille, from Middle Low German *rille, probably an old diminutive of rīde (little stream), itself from Proto-Germanic *rīþaz (river), in spite of late attestations. Compare Dutch ril, English rill.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Rille f (genitive Rille, plural Rillen)

  1. groove (narrow channel; often one of several parallel ones)
    Synonym: Riefe

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: rille

References

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  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Rille”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • Rille” in Duden online
  • Rille”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)