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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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dril c (singular definite drillen, plural indefinite driller)

  1. drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)

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Etymology 2

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See drille (to tease).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /drel/, [d̥ʁælˀ]

Noun

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dril n or c

  1. banter, kidding, teasing
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Verb

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dril

  1. imperative of drille

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /drɪl/
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  • Hyphenation: dril
  • Rhymes: -ɪl

Etymology 1

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Likely borrowed from English drill or French drill (see the oldest quotation), perhaps from an African language.

Noun

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dril m (plural drillen)

  1. A drill, Mandrillus leucophaeus. [from late 18th c.]
    • 1793, Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon, "Bijvoegzel tot de natuurlijke historie van de Oranga-Outangs", De algemeene en byzondere natuurlyke historie, addendum to Volume 11 (part XIV, page 24), tr. by J. D. Pasteur, publ. by A. Blussé & son, page 2.
      Het is ook datzelfde dier, dat BOSMAN Smitten genoemd heeft, dat verscheiden reizigers Barris, andere Dril en enige andere Quimpezé genoemd hebben, []
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1882, Charles Darwin, De afstamming van den mensch en de seksueele teeltkeus, tr. by Hermanus Hartogh Heys van Zouteveen Vol. 2, publ. by J. J. van Breederode, page 240.
      Bij den dril (Cynocephalus leucophaeus) zijn de wijfjes en jongen veel bleeker gekleurd, met minder groen, dan de volwassen mannetjes.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from German Drill, Drillich, from Middle High German drilich, from Old High German drilīh, from Latin trilīx.

Noun

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dril n (uncountable)

  1. drill (dense, stout fabric, often of linen or cotton)

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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dril

  1. inflection of drillen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Dutch dril (drill), from German Drill, Drillich, from Middle High German drilich, from Old High German drilīh, from Latin trilīx.

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dril (plural dril-dril, first-person possessive drilku, second-person possessive drilmu, third-person possessive drilnya)

  1. drill: a strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.

Etymology 2

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Internationalism

Noun

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dril (plural dril-dril, first-person possessive drilku, second-person possessive drilmu, third-person possessive drilnya)

  1. drill:
    1. an activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence.
    2. a short and highly repeatable sports training exercise designed to hone a particular skill that may be useful in competition.
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Irish

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Noun

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dril f (genitive singular drile, nominative plural drilí)

  1. Alternative form of drithle

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dril dhril ndril
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English drill.

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  • Rhymes: -iw, -il
  • Hyphenation: dril

Noun

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dril m (plural drils)

  1. drill (white English linen fabric, used in Brazil, for men's suits)

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish drithle. Cognate with Irish drithle.

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Noun

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dril f (genitive singular drile, plural drilean)

  1. a drop of dew
  2. tipsiness (state of being slightly drunk)
  3. spark
  4. sparkle

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
dril dhril
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English drill. Doublet of terliz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɾil/ [ˈd̪ɾil]
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: dril

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dril m (plural driles)

  1. drill (fabric)

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