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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brill

/bɹɪl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.06 in modern English

Syllables
brill
IPA
/bɹɪl/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus.

adj

Clipping of brilliant; wonderful, amusing; cool.

British usage; Slang

name

A surname.

name

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6514).

name

A hamlet in Constantine parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7229).

name

A neighbourhood of Elberfeld, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

name

An unincorporated community in the town of Oak Grove, Barron County, Wisconsin, United States.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: brilli, *briθ, *breɣ, hyll, -, brul

Usage

Inflected Forms

brills (plural) more brill (comparative) most brill (superlative)

Derived Forms

megabrill

Phrases

Chinese brill New Zealand brill Brill Building Brill-Zinsser disease

Synonyms

scophthalmus rhombus

Rhymes With

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

Questions

How do you pronounce brill?
The recorded pronunciation is /bɹɪl/.
What does brill mean?
A type of flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus.
Where does brill come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce brill

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