brill

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹɪl/

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• Rhymes: -ɪl

Etymology 1

Possibly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Cornish brilli (“mackerel”), from brithelli, plural of brithel (“mackerel”), from brith (“spotted”)

Noun

brill (plural brills or brill)

1. A type of flatfish, .

Translations

Scophthalmus rhombus

• Catalan: rèmol (ca) m
• Danish: slethvar (da) c
• Dutch: griet (nl) m or f
• Finnish: silokampela
• French: barbue (fr) f
• Galician: coruxo m, sollo (gl) m
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• Greek:

  Ancient: ῥόμβος m (rhómbos)

• Maori: pātikinui
• Norman: brille f
• Norwegian: slettvar (no) m
• Polish: nagład m
• Russian: гла́дкий ромб m (gládkij romb), бриль (ru) m (brilʹ), гла́дкий калка́н m (gládkij kalkán)

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of brilliant.

Adjective

brill (comparative more brill, superlative most brill)

1. (UK, slang) Wonderful, amusing. Denotes approval of the noun it is applied to, comparable to "cool".

See also

• Wikipedia article on cool