brill

See also: Brill

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹɪl/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɪl

Etymology 1

Possibly from Cornish brilli (“mackerel”), from brithelli, plural of brithel (“mackerel”), from brith (“spotted”), from Proto-Brythonic *briθ.

Noun

brill (plural brills or brill)

1. A type of flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus.

Derived terms

• New Zealand brill

Translations

Scophthalmus rhombus

• Basque: erreboilo ezkatadun
• Catalan: rèmol (ca) m, rom (ca)
• Danish: slethvar (da) c
• Dutch: griet (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: rombofiŝo, rombo
• Finnish: silokampela (fi)
• French: barbue (fr) f
• Galician: curuxo (gl) m, sollo (gl) m
• German: Glattbutt (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: ῥόμβος m (rhómbos)

• Maori: pātikinui
• Norman: brille f
• Norwegian: slettvar (no) m
• Polish: nagład m
• Russian: гла́дкий ромб m (gládkij romb), бриль (ru) m (brilʹ), гла́дкий калка́н m (gládkij kalkán)
• Spanish: rémol, rombo (es)
• Venetan: soazo m
• Welsh: lleden fannog f

Etymology 2

Adjective

brill (comparative more brill, superlative most brill)

1. (UK, slang) Clipping of brilliant; wonderful, amusing; cool.

   That song is totally brill, innit!

   • 2004 April 22, Jon Henley, “Guides show Parisians where their best bread is buttered”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     So what makes a brill baguette? For Mr Paluel-Marmont and Mr de Rovira, a star French stick can usually be identified merely by its appearance.

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from brillar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbɾiʎ]

Noun

brill m (plural brills)

1. bird call
2. decoy bird

   Synonyms: munta, reclam

Further reading

• “brill” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Middle English

Noun

brill

1. (Late Middle English) Alternative form of beryl