different between krill vs grill

English

Etymology

From Dutch kriel (“puny/tiny”), applied to fish fry (in the sense of hatchlings); sometimes interpreted as "whale food".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

krill (plural krill or krills)

1. any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca.

Derived terms

• Antarctic krill
• northern krill

Translations

References

• Wikipedia article on krill
• https://web.archive.org/web/20021218082407/http://www.ecoscope.com/krill/

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kril?]
• Rhymes: -il?

Noun

krill (plural krillek)

1. krill

Declension

Synonyms

• világítórák

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (non-standard since 2005) kril

Etymology

Of uncertain origin, related to dialectal kril (krusning); compare with Icelandic kríli.

Noun

krill m (definite singular krillen, indefinite plural kriller, definite plural krillene)

1. krill, several species of crustacean plankton of the order Euphausiacea.
2. (dialectal) synonym of småsild (sprats)

See also

• kril (Nynorsk)

References

• “krill” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “krill_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Portuguese

Noun

krill m (plural krills or krill)

1. krill (small marine crustacean of the class Malacostraca)

Swedish

Etymology

From Norwegian krill.

Noun

krill n

1. krill

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Etymology 1

1655, from French gril, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French greïl, graïl (“gridiron”), from graïlle (“grate, grating”), from Latin cr?t?cula (“gridiron”), diminutive of cr?tis (“hurdle, wickerwork”), q.v. Related to griddle, hurdle.

Alternative forms

• grille (only in sense of "grating")

Noun

grill (plural grills)

1. A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.

   • The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.

2. On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it.
3. (Britain) A cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it; a broiler in US English
4. (US) A cooking device comprising a source of radiative and convective heat and a means of holding food above it; a barbecue.

5. Food (designed to be) cooked on a grill.

6. A grillroom; a restaurant serving grilled food.
7. (colloquial) A type of jewelry worn on the front teeth.

   Synonyms: fronts, golds

8. (colloquial, by extension) The front teeth regarded collectively.
9. (Internet slang, humorous) Misspelling of girl.

Derived terms

• mixed grill
• grilling

Translations

Verb

grill (third-person singular simple present grills, present participle grilling, simple past and past participle grilled)

1. (transitive) To cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cook

2. (transitive, Australia, New Zealand, Britain) To cook food under the element of a stove or only under the top element of an oven – (US) broil, (cooking) salamander.
3. (transitive, colloquial) To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly.

4. (intransitive, informal) To feel very hot; to swelter.
5. (transitive) To stamp or mark with a grill.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English grillen (“to anger, provoke”), from Old English grillan, griellan (“to annoy, vex, offend”), from Proto-Germanic *graljan? (“to shout, make angry”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?er- (“to rattle, make a noise, grumble”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian grulje (“to make angry”), Dutch grillen (“to shudder, shiver”), Low German vergrellen (“to anger, provoke”), German grollen (“to rumble”) and perhaps also with French grouiller (“to swarm”).

Alternative forms

• girl (Scotland)

Verb

grill (third-person singular simple present grills, present participle grilling, simple past and past participle grilled)

1. (transitive, Scotland, US, obsolete) To make angry; provoke; incite.
2. (transitive, chiefly Scotland, obsolete) To terrify; make tremble.
3. (intransitive, chiefly Scotland, obsolete) To tremble; shiver.
4. (intransitive, Northern England, Scotland, obsolete) To snarl; snap.

Etymology 3

From Middle English gril, grille (“harsh, rough, severe”), from Old English *griell, from Proto-Germanic *grellaz (“angry”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?er- (“to rattle, make a noise, grumble”). Cognate with German grell (“harsh, angry”), Danish grel (“shrill, glaring, dazzling”).

Adjective

grill (comparative griller or more grill, superlative grillest or most grill)

1. (obsolete) Harsh, rough, severe; cruel.

Noun

grill (usually uncountable, plural grills)

1. (obsolete) Harm.

References

• grill in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan (compare Occitan grilh), from Latin gryllus (compare Spanish grillo), probably from Ancient Greek ??????? (grúllos).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /???i?/

Noun

grill m (plural grills)

1. cricket (insect)
2. sprout, shoot (new growth from a tuber or bulb)
3. segment, section (of a citrus fruit or a nut)

Further reading

• “grill” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• gril (unofficial)

Etymology

Borrowed from English grill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?l/
• Hyphenation: grill
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

grill m (plural grills, diminutive grilletje n)

1. grill

French

Noun

grill m (plural grills)

1. grill (restaurant)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Etymology 1

From English grill, grille, from French gril (“grill”), grille (“gate, grate, grid”), from Middle French grille, grisle, from Old French greille, graïlle, from earlier gradilie, from Latin cr?ticula (“grill, grating, griddle”) (or Vulgar Latin graticula), diminutive of cr?tis (“wickerwork, bundle of brush, fascine”), possibly either from Proto-Indo-European *kr?tis, from *kert- (“to weave, twist together”), or from *kréh?-tis.

Noun

grill m (definite singular grillen, indefinite plural griller, definite plural grillene)

1. (cooking) a grill
2. (automotive) a radiator grille

Related terms

• grille (cooking)

Etymology 2

Verb

grill

1. imperative of grille

References

• “grill” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French grille, gril, via English grill, grille

Noun

grill m (definite singular grillen, indefinite plural grillar, definite plural grillane)

1. (cooking) a grill
2. (automotive) a radiator grille

References

• “grill” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From English grill, from French gril, from Old French greïl, graïl (“gridiron”), from graïlle (“grate, grating”), from Latin cr?t?cula (“gridiron”), diminutive of cr?tis (“hurdle, wickerwork”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?il/, /?r?l/

Noun

grill m inan

1. barbecue, grill (cooking device)

   Synonyms: ruszt, barbecue

2. barbecue (event with meal, typically held outdoors)

   Synonym: barbecue

3. grill of a car

Declension

Derived terms

• (verb) grillowa?
• (adjective) grillowy

Further reading

• grill in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• grill in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

grill m (plural grills)

1. grill

Swedish

Noun

grill c

1. grill (cooking device)

Declension

Related terms

• grilla
• grillning

References

• grill in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• grill in Svensk ordbok (SO)