different between krill vs trill

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

Etymology 1

From Middle English trillen, from Italian trillo, trillare. Compare Norwegian trille, Swedish trilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??l/, [t??????l]
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

trill (plural trills)

1. (music) A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it, in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff.
2. (phonetics) A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish ?rr?, /r/.
3. A tremulous high-pitched vocal sound produced by cats.

Derived terms

• trilly

Translations

Verb

trill (third-person singular simple present trills, present participle trilling, simple past and past participle trilled)

1. (intransitive) To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
   • 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy

     To judge of trilling notes and tripping feet.

2. (transitive) To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill.
   • 1730, James Thomson, Seasons - Summer

     The sober-suited songstress trills her lay.

Synonyms

• roll

Derived terms

• triller

Translations

Further reading

• trill (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• trill consonant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Perhaps identical to Etymology 3, but compare the same sense of drill, and German trillen, drillen.

Verb

trill (third-person singular simple present trills, present participle trilling, simple past and past participle trilled)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To trickle.
   • 1737, Richard Glover, Leonidas Book {{{1}}}

     Whisper'd sounds / Of waters, trilling from the riven stone.

Etymology 3

Probably related to Old English þweran (“to twirl, stir”). Compare twirl, thirl, and Swedish trilla, Norwegian trille, etc.

Verb

trill (third-person singular simple present trills, present participle trilling, simple past and past participle trilled)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To twirl.

Related terms

• tirl

Etymology 4

Perhaps a blend of true +? real.

Adjective

trill (comparative triller, superlative trillest)

1. (slang, hip-hop culture) true, respected

Albanian

Noun

trill ? (indefinite plural trillime, definite singular trilli, definite plural trillimet)

1. whim, tantrum, bizarre fantasy

Derived terms

• trilloj

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

trill

1. imperative of trille