trille

trille

See also: trillé

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

trille

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of trillen

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁij/
• Homophones: trillent, trilles

Noun

trille m (plural trilles)

1. trill

Etymology 2

From New Latin trillium.

Noun

trille m (plural trilles)

1. trillium (Trillium): either the plant or the flower

Verb

trille

1. inflection of triller:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “trille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Uncertain.

Noun

trille f or m (definite singular trilla or trillen, indefinite plural triller, definite plural trillene)

1. old-fashioned four-wheeled carriage being pulled by horse.

Verb

trille (imperative trill, present tense triller, simple past and past participle trilla or trillet, present participle trillende)

1. Let roll, push in rotary motion, push a ball, trundle, to wheel.
   • trille ball
     • trundle a ball
   • trille en tønne
     • trundle a barrel
   • trille sykkelen
     • wheel the bike

Derived terms

• trillebår
• trillevogn

Etymology 2

From Italian trillo (“rapid, repeated alternation of a tone and its neighbor”), with the verb from trillare.

Noun

trille f or m (definite singular trilla or trillen, indefinite plural triller, definite plural trillene)

1. (music) quaver, trill

Verb

trille (imperative trill, present tense triller, simple past and past participle trilla or trillet, present participle trillende)

1. (music) to quaver, trill

References

• “trille” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Spanish

Verb

trille

1. inflection of trillar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative