vrille

From French vrille.

vrille (plural vrilles)

1. (aviation) A tailspin.

Borrowed from French vrille.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvri.jə/

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• Hyphenation: vril‧le
• Rhymes: -ijə

vrille f (plural vrilles)

1. (aviation) tailspin

   Synonym: tolvlucht

Inherited from Old French verille, ve(d)ille, from Vulgar Latin *vĭtīcula, from Late Latin vītīcula, from Classical Latin vītĭcula.

• IPA^(key): /vʁij/

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vrille f (plural vrilles)

1. (botany) tendril
2. (technology) gimlet
3. spiral
4. (aviation) tailspin, spin
5. (dated, colloquial) lesbian

• partir en vrille
• vrillage
• vriller
• vrillette

• vis

• “vrille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• livrel