terril

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French terril.

Noun

terril m (plural terrils, diminutive terrilletje n)

1. (Belgium) slag mountain

Synonyms

• steenberg

French

Two spoil tips in Donetsk, Ukraine

Etymology

From terre + -is, with spelling change reportedly reflecting Belgian colloquial pronunciation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ.ʁi/, /te.ʁi/, /tɛ.ʁil/, /te.ʁil/

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Noun

terril m (plural terrils)

1. a conical pile of waste material removed during mining; spoil tip, boney pile, gob pile, culm bank, waste tip, bing

   Synonym: crassier

Alternative forms

• terri (found in Émile Zola, Germinal)

Descendants

• → Dutch: terril

Further reading

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