grillo
See also: Grillo and grilló
Galician
Etymology
Probably from Spanish grillo (“cricket”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡɾiʎʊ]
Noun
grillo m (plural grillos)
- wedge used for splitting stone
- Synonym: cuña
- shackle
References
- “grillo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “grillo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “grillo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin gryllus, from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡril.lo/
- Rhymes: -illo
- Hyphenation: grìl‧lo
Noun
grillo m (plural grilli)
- cricket (insect)
- 1972, L. Chiosso, G. Del Re & G. Ferrio (lyrics and music), “Parole parole”, in Cinquemilaquarantatre, performed by Mina Mazzini:
- La luna ed i grilli / normalmente mi tengono sveglia / mentre io voglio dormire e sognare
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
-
- whim, fancy
- shackle (U-shaped piece of metal secured with a pin or bolt across the opening)
Derived terms
- grilletto
- grillotalpa
Related terms
- grillare
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈɡɾiʝo/ [ˈɡɾi.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈɡɾiʎo/ [ˈɡɾi.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈɡɾiʃo/ [ˈɡɾi.ʃo]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈɡɾiʒo/ [ˈɡɾi.ʒo]
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo
- Syllabification: gri‧llo
Etymology 1
From Latin gryllus, from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos).
Noun
grillo m (plural grillos)
- cricket (insect)
Derived terms
- grillotalpa
- grillo topo
- jaula de grillos
- olla de grillos
Related terms
- grillar
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
grillo
- first-person singular present indicative of grillar
Further reading
- “grillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014