(masculine) grill (cooking implement made of metal rods)
(historical, masculine) A heated metal grill used to torture by burning
(broadly, masculine, phrasal) Torture, torment
Freqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ɡʁil/
Etimologia (Anglès)
At least 1300s, from Middle French gril, from Old French greïl, graïl (“gridiron”), from graïlle (“grate, grating”), from Latin crātīcula (“grating”), diminutive of crātis (“hurdle, wickerwork”). Doublet of grille.