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{{also|Trill}}
==English==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm|trillen}}, from {{der|en|it|trillo}}, {{m|it|trillare}}. Compare {{cog|de|trillern}}, {{cog|no|trille}}, {{cog|sv|trilla}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|en|/tɹɪl/|[t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪl]}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪl|s=1}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trill.wav|a=Southern England}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|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]].
# {{lb|en|phonetics}} A type of [[consonantal]] sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish ⟨rr⟩, {{IPAchar|/r/}}.
# A tremulous high-pitched vocal sound produced by cats.

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|trilly}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|rapid alternation of notes}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|تَكْرِير|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|трела|f}}, {{t|bg|тремоло|n}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|trinat|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|顫音|tr=chànyīn}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|trylek|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|triller|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|trilli}}
* French: {{t+|fr|trille|m}}
* German: {{t|de|Triller|m}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|סִלְסוּל|m|tr=silsúl}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|trilla|f}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|tríleach|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|trillo|m}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|顫音|tr=せんおん, sen'on|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|トリル|tr=toriru|sc=Jpan}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|트릴}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakawanawana}}, {{t|mi|whakahoho}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|स्वरकंप}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|trel|m}}, {{t|pl|tryl|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|trilo|m}}, {{t+|pt|trino|m}}, {{t|pt|trinado|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|трель|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|trino|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|drill|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|pakatal}}, {{t|tl|kiyebro}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|láy rền}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|vibrating consonant}}
* Armenian: {{t|hy|թրթռուն|sc=Armn}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|dardarkari anizkun}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|consonant vibrant|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|顫音|tr=chànyīn}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|trilo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tremulantti}}, {{t+|fi|täryäänne}}
* French: {{t|fr|consonne roulée|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Vibrant|m}}
* Greek: {{t|el|πολυπαλλόμενο|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|עיצורים מורעדים|p|sc=Hebr}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|sveifluhljóð|n}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|consan rollta|m}}
* Italian: {{t|it|consonante vibrante|f}}, {{t+|it|trillo|m}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|震え音|tr=ふるえおん, furueon|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|顫動音|tr=せんどうおん, sendōon|sc=Jpan}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|전동음(顫動音)}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|spółgłoska drżąca|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|vibrante}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|consoană vibrantă|f}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|вибри́рующий согла́сный|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|vibrante|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|tremulant|c}}, {{t+|sv|vibrant|c}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
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====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|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.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1692|author=w:John Dryden|title=Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy
|passage=To judge of '''trilling''' notes and tripping feet.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill.
#: {{ux|en|to '''trill''' a note, or the letter r}}
#* {{RQ:Thomson Summer|year=1768|passage=The sober-suited songstress '''trills''' her lay.}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|en|roll}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|triller}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to make a tremulous sound}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|trylkovat|impf}}
* French: {{t+|fr|triller}}
* German: {{t+|de|trillern}}
* Italian: {{t-needed|it}}
* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|wanawana}}, {{t|mi|whakahoho}}
* Spanish: {{t-needed|es}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Further reading====
* {{pedia|trill (music)}}
* {{pedia|trill consonant}}

===Etymology 2===
Perhaps identical to Etymology 3, but compare the same sense of {{m|en|drill}}, and {{cog|de|trillen}}, {{m|de|drillen}}.

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive|obsolete}} To [[trickle]].
#* {{RQ:Montaigne Florio Essayes|chapter=30|book=II|passage=I come now from seeing of a shepheard at ''Medoc''{{...}}who had no signe at all of genitorie parts: But where they should be, are three little holes, by which his water doth continually '''tril''' from him.}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare King Lear|IV|iii|passage=And now and then an ample tear '''trilled''' down / Her delicate cheek.}}
#* {{RQ:Glover Leonidas}}
#*: {{quote|en|Whisper'd sounds / Of waters, '''trilling''' from the riven stone.}}

===Etymology 3===
Probably related to {{der|en|ang|þweran||to twirl, stir}}.  Compare {{m|en|twirl}}, {{m|en|thirl}}, and {{cog|sv|trilla}}, {{cog|no|trille}}, etc.

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive|obsolete}} To [[twirl]]. <!--Chambers 1908-->

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|en|tirl}}

===Etymology 4===
Perhaps a {{blend|en|true|real|nocap=1}}, or from {{m|en|keep it real}}.

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|er}}

# {{lb|en|slang|hip-hop culture}} [[true|True]], [[respected]].
#* {{quote-song|en|title=Black History Month|album=The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!|artist=w:Saul Williams|year=2007|passage=All my '''trill''' niggas know who be bringin da funk / Lees and shell toes like it's Black History Month}}
#* {{quote-video game|en|year=2013|level=Repossession|publisher=Rockstar Games|title=w:Grand Theft Auto V|passage=LAMAR: Oh, really? That's a nice change from fools comin' up on us. / FRANKLIN: That's '''trill''', homie. / LAMAR: You damn straight that's '''trill''', partner, but it's a shame I don't believe it. You wanna drop some notes on that shit, I'll give you the odds, homie.}}
#* {{quote-song|en|title=Wild for the Night|artist=A$AP Rocky|year=2013|passage=Middle finger to the critics, me and my nigga Skrillex / You know we finna kill it, A$AP we the '''trillest'''}}

{{c|en|Vocalizations}}

==Albanian==

===Noun===
{{sq-noun|mf|trillime|trilli|trillimet}}

# [[whim]], [[tantrum]], [[bizarre]] [[fantasy]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|sq|trilloj}}

==Norwegian Bokmål==

===Verb===
{{head|nb|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|nb|trille||imp}}