refill

English

Etymology 1

re- (“again”) +‎ fill (noun)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiː.fɪl/, [ˈɹʷɪi̯.fɪɫ]
  • (l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): [-fɪo̯], [-fɪʊ̯]

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

Noun

refill (plural refills)

1. A filling after the first.
2. An additional helping of food or drink.

   Today it is $2 for a coffee, with free refills throughout the day.

   • 1951, Anthony Buckeridge, Jennings Follows a Clue:

     "Oh, gosh," he groaned, "and I'd have given anything for a refill of that suet! It was the wizardest muck we've had this week."

3. (medicine, pharmacy) A repeat of a prescription.
4. A product containing materials to replace those used up by a piece of equipment.

   We're cutting back. No new printers or pens, just refills.

Derived terms

• capillary refill
• cap refill

 

Translations

a filling after the first

• Bulgarian: допълнение (bg) n (dopǎlnenie), допълване n (dopǎlvane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 再裝滿／再装满 (zàizhuāngmǎn)

• Finnish: täyttö (fi), lisätäyttö, santsikuppi (fi), santsikuppi (fi)
• Japanese: お代わり (ja) (おかわり, o-kawari), リフィル (ja) (rifiru)
• Polish: dolewka (pl) f
• Portuguese: refill m
• Russian: добавле́ние (ru) n (dobavlénije), доба́вка (ru) f (dobávka), дозапра́вка (ru) f (dozaprávka) (of fuel)
• Spanish: recambio (es)

product containing replacement materials

• Bulgarian: резерва (bg) f (rezerva)
• Finnish: täyttö- (fi), vaihto- (fi)
• Greek: ανταλλακτικό (el) n (antallaktikó)
• Italian: ricarica (it), cartuccia (it) f
• Polish: wkład (pl) m
• Slovak: náhradná náplň

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• Czech: ^{(please verify)} náplň (cs) f

Etymology 2

re- (“again”) +‎ fill (verb)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːˈfɪl/

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪl

Verb

refill (third-person singular simple present refills, present participle refilling, simple past and past participle refilled)

1. To fill up once again.

   Can you refill my cup please? I've finished my coffee.

2. (medicine, pharmacy) To repeat a prescription.

Translations

to fill up again

• Bulgarian: зареждам (bg) (zareždam), пълня отново (pǎlnja otnovo)
• Catalan: reomplir (ca)
• French: reremplir (fr)
• German: nachfüllen (de)
• Irish: athlíon
• Latin: repleō
• Portuguese: reencher
• Slovak: doplniť, dopĺňať, doliať, dolievať, znovu naplniť, znovu napĺňať
• Spanish: rellenar (es)

Anagrams

• Filler, filler, fillér

Icelandic

Etymology

Related to trefill (“fringe”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛːvɪtl/
• Rhymes: -ɛːvɪtl

Noun

refill m (genitive singular refils, nominative plural reflar)

1. tapestry

Declension

declension of refill

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	refill	refillinn	reflar	reflarnir
accusative	refil	refilinn	refla	reflana
dative	refli	reflinum	reflum	reflunum
genitive	refils	refilsins	refla	reflanna

Further reading

• “refill” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English refill.

Noun

refill m (plural refills)

1. a refill, especially a free refill of food or drink at a restaurant