dril

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 (Mandrillus leucophaeus)

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. 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, […]

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   • 1882, Charles Darwin, De afstamming van den mensch en de seksueele teeltkeus, tr. by Hermanus Hartogh Heys van Zouteveen Vol. 2, publ. by J. J. van Breederode, page 240.

     Bij den dril (Cynocephalus leucophaeus) zijn de wijfjes en jongen veel bleeker gekleurd, met minder groen, dan de volwassen mannetjes.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

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. first-person singular present indicative of drillen
2. 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. Doublet of terliz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɾil/ [ˈd̪ɾil]
• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: dril

Noun

dril m (plural driles)

1. drill (fabric)

Further reading

• “dril”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014