rille

See also: Rille

English

A rille on the Martian surface.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rille (“channel”).

Noun

rille (plural rilles)

1. (planetology) A long, narrow depression that resembles a channel, found on the surface of various lunar and planetary bodies.

Synonyms

• rima

See also

• mare
• graben

Anagrams

• iller

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

rille

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of rillen

French

Etymology

From Old French reille (“small plank”), from Latin rēgula. Cognate with English rail and rule. Doublet of rail (from English), règle (a semi-learned borrowing), reille (from Old French), and rigole (via Middle Dutch).

Noun

rille f (plural rilles)

1. (dialectal) a small piece of pork

Derived terms

• rillette
• rillon

Further reading

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

Galician

Verb

rille

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