# trill
## English
### Etymology 1

From Middle English trillen, from Italian trillo, trillare. Compare German trillern, Norwegian trille, Swedish trilla.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɹɪl/, [t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪl]
* Rhymes: -ɪl
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

#### Noun

trill (plural trills)
* (music) 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.
* (phonetics) A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish ⟨rr⟩, /r/.
* A tremulous high-pitched vocal sound produced by cats.

##### Derived terms

* trilly

##### Translations
#### Verb

trill (third-person singular simple present trills, present participle trilling, simple past and past participle trilled)
* (intransitive) To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
** 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy:To judge of trilling notes and tripping feet.
* (transitive) To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill.
    to trill a note, or the letter r
** a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:The sober-suited songstress trills her lay.

##### Synonyms

* roll

##### Derived terms

* triller

##### Translations
#### Further reading

* trill (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* trill consonant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Etymology 2

Perhaps identical to Etymology 3, but compare the same sense of drill, and German trillen, drillen.

#### Verb

trill (third-person singular simple present trills, present participle trilling, simple past and past participle trilled)
* (intransitive, obsolete) To trickle.
** 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 30, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC: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.
** c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:And now and then an ample tear trilled down / Her delicate cheek.
** 1737, Richard Glover, Leonidas Book
    Whisper'd sounds / Of waters, trilling from the riven stone.

### Etymology 3

Probably related to Old English þweran (“to twirl, stir”). Compare twirl, thirl, and Swedish trilla, Norwegian trille, etc.

#### Verb

trill (third-person singular simple present trills, present participle trilling, simple past and past participle trilled)
* (intransitive, obsolete) To twirl.

##### Related terms

* tirl

### Etymology 4

Perhaps a blend of true +‎ real, or from keep it real.

#### Adjective

trill (comparative triller, superlative trillest)
* (slang, hip-hop culture) True, respected.
** 2007, “Black History Month”, in The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!, performed by Saul Williams:All my trill niggas know who be bringin da funk / Lees and shell toes like it's Black History Month
** 2013, Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar Games, level/area: Repossession:LAMAR: Oh, really? That's a nice change from fools comin' up on us. / FRANKLIN: That's trill, homie. / LAMAR: You damn straight that's trill, partner, but it's a shame I don't believe it. You wanna drop some notes on that shit, I'll give you the odds, homie.
** 2013, “Wild for the Night”, performed by A$AP Rocky:Middle finger to the critics, me and my nigga Skrillex / You know we finna kill it, A$AP we the trillest

## Albanian
### Noun

trill m or f (plural trillime, definite trilli, definite plural trillimet)
* whim, tantrum, bizarre fantasy

#### Derived terms

* trilloj

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Verb

trill
* imperative of trille