Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grille

/ɡɹɪl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.10 in modern English

Syllables: grille
IPA: /ɡɹɪl/

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of grill (only in the senses of "grating over opening", "grating on the front of a vehicle", and "window divider")

noun

A rectangular stencil allowing words to be written, then read, through its apertures, with the text further disguised by filling the remaining space with irrelevant words.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Borrowed from French grille.

Inflected Forms

grilles (plural)

Derived Forms

grilled grillework

Phrases

Cardan grille Fleissner grille grille guard

Synonyms

grill grillwork radiator grille wicket lattice

Homonyms

grill

Rhymes With

will still until bill kill hill till ill fill brazil skill mill

Questions

How do you pronounce grille?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɹɪl/.
What does grille mean?: Alternative form of grill (only in the senses of "grating over opening", "grating on the front of a vehicle", and "window divider")
Where does grille come from?: Borrowed from French grille.

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