dril

Danish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

dril c (singular definite drillen, plural indefinite driller)

1. drill ()

Further reading

• dril on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

See drille (“to tease”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drel/, [d̥ʁælˀ]

Noun

dril n or c

1. banter, kidding, teasing

Synonyms

• drilleri

Verb

dril

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of drille

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drɪl/

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• Hyphenation: dril
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Etymology 1

Likely borrowed from English drill or French drill (see the oldest quotation), perhaps from an African language.

Noun

dril m (plural drillen)

1. A drill, Mandrillus leucophaeus. [from late 18th c.]
   • 1793, Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon, "Bijvoegzel tot de natuurlijke historie van de Oranga-Outangs", De algemeene en byzondere natuurlyke historie, addendum to Volume 11 (part XIV, page 24), tr. by J. D. Pasteur, publ. by A. Blussé & son, page 2.

     Het is ook datzelfde dier, dat BOSMAN Smitten genoemd heeft, dat verscheiden reizigers Barris, andere Dril en enige andere Quimpezé genoemd hebben, […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• mandril

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Drill, Drillich, from Middle High German drilich, from Old High German drilīh, from Latin trilīx.

Noun

dril n (uncountable)

1. drill (dense, stout fabric, often of linen or cotton)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dril

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of drillen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of drillen

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Middle Irish drithle

Noun

dril

1. a drop of dew; state of being slightly drunk; spark, a sparkle

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English drill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɾil/ [ˈd̪ɾil]

Noun

dril m (plural driles)

1. drill (fabric)