trilla

trilla

See also: trillá and trillà

Catalan

Verb

trilla

1. third-person singular present indicative form of trillar
2. second-person singular imperative form of trillar

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: trillas, trillât

Verb

trilla

1. third-person singular past historic of triller

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Galician

Etymology 1

Back-formation from trilla (“to thresh”); alternatively ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þriljaną (compare English drill, Old English þyrel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾiʎa̝/

Noun

trilla f (plural trillas)

1. clothes moth
2. woodworm

Etymology 2

Back-formation from trilla (“to thresh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾiʎa̝/

Noun

trilla f (plural trillas)

1. (flax processing) scutcher
2. hatchet used for chopping gorse

References

• “trilla” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “trilla” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “trilla” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Verb

trilla

1. inflection of trillare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• trillen

Noun

trilla m or f

1. definite feminine singular of trille

Alternative forms

• trillet

Verb

trilla

1. inflection of trille:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Galician trilla, from Latin trigla.

Noun

trilla f (plural trillas)

1. gurnard (fish)

   Synonym: rubio

Etymology 2

From trillar.

Noun

trilla f (plural trillas)

1. threshing

Verb

trilla

1. inflection of trillar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983), “trila”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 632

Further reading

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

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Swedish

Noun

trilla c

1. a cart, a small waggon

Declension

Declension of trilla
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	trilla	trillan	trillor	trillorna
Genitive	trillas	trillans	trillors	trillornas

Verb

trilla (present trillar, preterite trillade, supine trillat, imperative trilla)

1. to fall a short distance (without major injury), for example by tripping over

   Han trillade omkull

   He tripped over

   Han trillade av hästen

   He fell off the horse

   Den ruttnade och trillade av

   It rotted and fell off

2. to roll (to shape pills or meatballs); to create a ball of some (sticky) material by rolling a piece of it between one's hands until it is roughly spherical.

   att trilla köttbullar

   to roll meatballs

Usage notes

• The passive form and past participle are only applicable in definition 2.

Conjugation

Conjugation of trilla (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	trilla		trillas
Supine	trillat		trillats
Imperative	trilla		—
Imper. plural1	trillen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	trillar	trillade	trillas	trillades
Ind. plural1	trilla	trillade	trillas	trillades
Subjunctive2	trille	trillade	trilles	trillades
	Participles
Present participle	trillande
Past participle	trillad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• pillertrillare
• polletten trillar ner

References

• trilla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• trilla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• trilla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)