trill
/tɹɪl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it as an ornament; in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff.
noun
A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish ⟨rr⟩, /r/.
Example Sentences
- "To judge of trilling notes and tripping feet."
- "to trill a note, or the letter r"
- "The sober-suited songstress trills her lay."
- "I come now from seeing of a shepheard at Medoc[…]who had no signe at all of genitorie parts: But where they should be, are three little holes, by which his water doth continually tril from him."
- "And now and then an ample tear trilled down / Her delicate cheek."
- "Whisper'd sounds / Of waters, trilling from the riven stone."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /tɹɪl/
- British English: /tɹɪl/