Rille

See also: rille

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁil/

Proper noun

la Rille f

  1. obsolete spelling of Risle (river in Normandie)

Derived terms

Further reading

German

Etymology

Borrowed from German Low German Rille, from Middle Low German *rille, probably an old diminutive of rīde (little stream), itself from Proto-Germanic *rīþaz (river), in spite of late attestations. Compare Dutch ril, English rill.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʁɪlə/
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Noun

Rille f (genitive Rille, plural Rillen)

  1. groove (narrow channel; often one of several parallel ones)
    Synonym: Riefe

Declension

Derived terms

  • Langrille
  • Mikrorille
  • rillen
  • rillenförmig
  • Rillenglas
  • Rillenprofil
  • Rillensaat
  • Rillenschiene
  • rillig
  • Saatrille
  • Spurrille

References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Rille”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

  • Rille” in Duden online
  • Rille” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache