grill
English Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
1655, from French gril, from Middle French gril, from Old French greïl, graïl (“gridiron”), from graïlle (“grate, grating”), from Latin crātīcula (“gridiron”), diminutive of crātis (“hurdle, wickerwork”), q.v. Related to griddle, hurdle.
Alternative forms Edit
- grille (only in sense of "grating")
Noun Edit
grill (plural grills or (jewelry) grillz)
- A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.
- The criss-cross pieces that separate panes of glass in a window.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
- On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it.
- (UK) A cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it; a broiler in US English
- (US) A cooking device comprising a source of radiative and convective heat and a means of holding food above it; a barbecue.
- I put some peppers and mushrooms on the grill to go with dinner.
- Food (designed to be) cooked on a grill.
- a packet of frozen cauliflower cheese grills
- A grillroom; a restaurant serving grilled food.
- These coupons will get you a discount at Johnny's Bar and Grill.
- 1986, New York, volume 19, part 5, page 385:
- Everyone's meeting at the new grill in town! And everyone's having a real good time! They're drinking frozen blue Margaritas. Munching on Cajun popcorn shrimp. Laughing with old friends and getting to know new ones.
- (colloquial) A type of jewelry worn on the front teeth.
- 2021, Zakiya Dalila Harris, The Other Black Girl, Bloomsbury, page 213:
- Nella wished him luck and started to walk away, still unsure if that glint in his mouth was a grill or just a few golden teeth.
- (colloquial, by extension) The front teeth regarded collectively.
- (Internet slang, humorous) Deliberate misspelling of girl.
- r u a grill?
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Verb Edit
grill (third-person singular simple present grills, present participle grilling, simple past and past participle grilled)
- (transitive) To cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cook
- Why don't we get together Saturday and grill some burgers?
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand, UK) To cook food under the element of a stove or only under the top element of an oven – (US) broil, (cooking) salamander.
- 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 139:
- Bradly hung the fowl in a sugar-bag for to-morrow's dinner and set about grilling chops, with tomatoes stuffed with cheese and breadcrumbs in the pan.
- (transitive, colloquial) To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly.
- The police grilled him about his movements at the time of the crime.
- 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World/Ballantine Books, page 148:
- The white cop grilled me. He was tall, but had a stomach like a pregnant woman. The other two were brothers, and they looked like they just didn't wanna be standing there.
- (intransitive, informal) To feel very hot; to swelter.
- 1898, Rudyard Kipling, The Day's Work:
- He had grilled in the heat, sweated in the rains, and shivered with fever under the rude thatch roof; […]
- (transitive) To stamp or mark with a grill.
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Etymology 2 Edit
From Middle English grillen (“to anger, provoke”), from Old English grillan, griellan (“to annoy, vex, offend”), from Proto-West Germanic *gralljan, from Proto-Germanic *graljaną (“to shout, make angry”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rattle, make a noise, grumble”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian grulje (“to make angry”), Dutch grillen (“to shudder, shiver”), Low German vergrellen (“to anger, provoke”), German grollen (“to rumble”) and perhaps also with French grouiller (“to swarm”).
Alternative forms Edit
- girl (Scotland)
Verb Edit
grill (third-person singular simple present grills, present participle grilling, simple past and past participle grilled)
- (transitive, Scotland, US, obsolete) To make angry; provoke; offend, incite.
- (transitive, chiefly Scotland, obsolete) To terrify; make tremble.
- (intransitive, chiefly Scotland, obsolete) To tremble; shiver.
- (intransitive, Northern England, Scotland, obsolete) To snarl; snap.
Etymology 3 Edit
From Middle English gril, grille (“harsh, rough, severe”), from Old English *griell, from Proto-Germanic *grellaz (“angry”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rattle, make a noise, grumble”). Cognate with German grell (“harsh, angry”), Danish grel (“shrill, glaring, dazzling”).
Adjective Edit
grill (comparative griller or more grill, superlative grillest or most grill)
Noun Edit
grill (usually uncountable, plural grills)
References Edit
- “grill”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Catalan Edit
Etymology Edit
Inherited from Old Catalan grill, from Latin gryllus (compare Occitan gril, Spanish grillo), probably from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos).
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Noun Edit
grill m (plural grills)
- cricket (insect)
- sprout, shoot (new growth from a tuber or bulb)
- segment, section (of a citrus fruit or a nut)
- Es pot acabar decorant amb un grill de taronja.
- You can finish it by garnishing with a segment of orange.
References Edit
- “grill” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “grill”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “grill” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “grill” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch Edit
Alternative forms Edit
- gril (unofficial)
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Noun Edit
grill m (plural grills, diminutive grilletje n)
French Edit
Noun Edit
grill m (plural grills)
- grill (restaurant)
Further reading Edit
- “grill”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From English grill, grille, from French gril (“grill”), grille (“gate, grate, grid”), from Middle French grille, grisle, from Old French greille, graïlle, from earlier gradilie, from Latin crāticula (“grill, grating, griddle”) (or Vulgar Latin graticula), diminutive of crātis (“wickerwork, bundle of brush, fascine”), possibly either from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥tis, from *kert- (“to weave, twist together”), or from *kréh₂-tis.
Noun Edit
grill m (definite singular grillen, indefinite plural griller, definite plural grillene)
- (cooking) a grill
- (automotive) a radiator grille
Related terms Edit
- grille (cooking)
Etymology 2 Edit
Verb Edit
grill
- imperative of grille
References Edit
- “grill” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk Edit
Etymology Edit
From French grille, gril, via English grill, grille.
Noun Edit
grill m (definite singular grillen, indefinite plural grillar, definite plural grillane)
- (cooking) a grill
- (automotive) a radiator grille
References Edit
- “grill” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish Edit
Etymology Edit
Unadapted borrowing from English grill, from French gril, from Old French greïl, graïl, from graïlle, from Latin crātīcula, diminutive of crātis.
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Noun Edit
grill m inan
- barbecue, grill (cooking device)
- barbecue (event with meal, typically held outdoors)
- Synonym: barbecue
- grill of a car
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Spanish Edit
Etymology Edit
Noun Edit
grill m (plural grills)
Further reading Edit
- “grill”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from English grill, from French gril, from Latin crāticula.
Noun Edit
grill c
- grill (cooking device)
Declension Edit
Declension of grill | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | grill | grillen | grillar | grillarna |
Genitive | grills | grillens | grillars | grillarnas |
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grill c
- (normally in the plural griller) A strange idea
- Synonyms: påhitt, inbillning
- sätta griller i huvudet på någon
- put strange ideas into someone's head
- (slang, normally in the plural griller) An ice skate
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Declension of grill | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | grill | grillen | griller | grillerna |
Genitive | grills | grillens | grillers | grillernas |