vrille

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See also: vrillé

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

French vrille.

Noun[edit]

vrille (plural vrilles)

  1. (aviation) A tailspin.

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French vrille.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈvri.jə/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: vril‧le
  • Rhymes: -ijə

Noun[edit]

vrille f (plural vrilles)

  1. (aviation) tailspin
    Synonym: tolvlucht

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old French verille, ve(d)ille, from Vulgar Latin *vĭtīcula, from Late Latin vītīcula, from Classical Latin vītĭcula.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

vrille f (plural vrilles)

  1. (botany) tendril
  2. (technology) gimlet
  3. spiral
  4. (aviation) tailspin, spin
  5. (dated, colloquial) lesbian

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