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Definition: Grille |
GrilleNoun1. Small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted. 2. Grating that admits cooling air to car's radiator. 3. A framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate; "he cooked hamburgers on the grill". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "grille" was first used: 1661. (references) |
Etymology: Grille \Grille\, adjective. [French expression See Grill, transitive verb]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Personal Care & Hotels | A protective and distributive device placed over the end of an orifice for distribution or intake of air. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: GrilleSynonyms: grill (n), grillwork (n), lattice (n), radiator grille (n), wicket (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Crossing | Net, plexus, web, mesh, twill, skein, sleeve, felt, lace; wicker; mat, matting; plait, trellis, wattle, lattice, grating, grille, gridiron, tracery, fretwork, filigree, reticle; tissue, netting, mokes; rivulation. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Grille |
| Specialty definitions using "grille": free air ♦ grid technique ♦ pedal assembler ♦ TONE CABINET ASSEMBLER. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Grille" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (gate, grate, grating, grid, grid circuit, grill, grille, rack), German (cricket, freak, maggot, silly idea), Norwegian (grill). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | On the radiator grille (Rock the Casbah; performing artist: The Clash) | |
Movie/TV Titles | La Grille ne s'ouvre jamais seule (1949) Die Lachende Grille (1926) Grille und Ameise (1979) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | [Health resorts, watering places] : La Source de la Grande Grille, Vichy, France. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Saint Andrew's Church, Wilmington, Delaware, suggestion for a) w.i. transom grille and b) w.i. bracket lantern at entrance to chapel from south yard / The Iron-Craftsmen ; Pope & Kruse, arch'ts. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | S. Lewis Ziegler house (Haverford, Pa.). Grille door between inner and outer vestibules. Elevation. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Arthur W. Rossiter, Jr., residence on St. Marks Lane, Islip, Long Island. Detail of entrance facade, through grille. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Thomas A. O'Hara, residence in King's Point, Great Neck, Long Island. Living room fireplace and grille. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Terrace Restaurant, Fred Harvey Corp., Capital Ct., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. General view of grille room. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Pennsylvania Station cocktail room, W. 30th St., Philadelphia. Cocktail room IV, detail through grille. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Continental Restaurant, Paramus, New Jersey. Bar through grille. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | U.S. Supreme Court interiors. Metal grille gate, U.S. Supreme Court. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Pan American Union Building. Washington Monument through arch and grille of Pan American Union Building I. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Cadillac 16 Grille" by Ariel C. Commentary: "Cadillac 16 Grille." | "Grated ocean" by Gilbert Tremblay Commentary: "A huge grille I took a shot of ." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| "Grille" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Grille" is used about 156 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 156 | 25,144 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "grille": air grille ♦ put a grille over ♦ radiator grille. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
grille guard | 205 | cadillac grille | 14 |
the capital grille | 197 | grille tech | 14 |
grille | 147 | truck grille guard | 13 |
grille macaroni | 80 | boston capital grille | 13 |
billet grille | 60 | grille hyde park | 13 |
brio grille tuscan | 42 | gas grille | 13 |
capitol grille | 37 | speed grille | 13 |
grille insert | 35 | grille gaurds | 13 |
napa valley grille | 28 | pontiac grille | 12 |
mesh grille | 25 | car grille | 12 |
pass a grille | 24 | truck grille | 12 |
wall grille | 23 | grille oregon | 12 |
westin grille guard | 22 | pass a grille beach | 12 |
custom grille | 20 | green grille hills | 12 |
salt creek grille | 20 | grille cloth | 11 |
grille macaroni romanos | 20 | capital grille philadelphia | 11 |
chrome grille | 19 | flat grille rock | 11 |
weber grille | 17 | american bar grille joes | 11 |
return air grille | 16 | mustang grille | 11 |
bonefish grille | 15 | iron wall grille | 11 |
bar cooker grille | 14 | chevy grille | 11 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "grille"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | grilë (grating, ironwork, lattice, lattice work, net, shade, shutter), rrjetë hekurash. (various references) | |
Arabic | المصبغة, المدرأة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | скара (grate, grid, grill, grillage, rotisserie), перила (balustrade, guardrail, handrail, railing). (various references) | |
Chinese | 格栅 (grill). (various references) | |
Czech | mřížka (grating, grid), mříž (bar, bars, grate, grating, grid, rail). (various references) | |
Danish | rist (air grille, cattle grid, grate, grating, grid, grill, hearth), luftgitter (grid). (various references) | |
Dutch | luchtrooster (air-grid). (various references) | |
Farsi | پنجره مشبک , پنجره کوچک بلیطفروشها, شبکه (Grate, Grating, Lattice, Mesh, Net, Network, Plexus, Trellis). (various references) | |
Finnish | ritilä (air grille, coffin, grating, grid, grillage), ristikko (bars, grating, lattice, trellis), ilmaritilä (air grille). (various references) | |
French | grille (grate, grating, grid, grid circuit, grill). (various references) | |
German | gitter (bars, fireguard, grate, grating, gratings, grid, grids, grill, lattice, lattices, latticework, mesh, railing, trellis, trellises). (various references) | |
Greek | κάγκελα, σχάρα αερισμού (grid), γρίλια (lath, sunblind), πλέγμα (grid, gridiron, lattice, mesh, nexus, plexus). (various references) | |
Hebrew | סורג (grid, latticework, rack), סבכת שער. (various references) | |
Hungarian | rostély (ciphering square, cipher-stencil, grate, grid, grill, lattice), védőrács (guard), rács (bars, grate, grating, grid, grill, lattice, rail, railing, screen). (various references) | |
Indonesian | trak, kisi-kisi (lattice). (various references) | |
Italian | griglia (grating, grid, grill, rust). (various references) | |
Korean | 석쇠 (grill). (various references) | |
Manx | grill. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | illegray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | grelha para o ar (air grille), grelha (broiler, fire-pan, grate, grid, gridiron, grill, roaster, screen), gradeado (grill, grillage, heck, latticed), grade de ar (grid), grade (drag, dunnage, grate, grating, grid, gridiron, grill, harrow, lattice, rail, railing, screen), tela (canvas, duck, fabric, linen, screen), ralo (rose, sparse, thin), incubadora (broody hen, hatcher, hatchery, incubator), fresta gradeada de porta. (various references) | |
Romanian | grilaj (grate, grid, gridiron, grill, rack, rail, railing), grilã (grid), mascã (cloak, countenance, cover, face, mask, masker, masquerader, mummer, screen), incubator (foster mother, incubator, nursery). (various references) | |
Russian | рыбоводный аппарат, решетка (bar, grate, grating, grid, gridiron, grill, grillage, lattice, latticework, rack, trellis), металлическая решетка. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | rešetka (colander, grating, grid, gridiron, grill, grillage, hatch, lattice, portcullis, trap). (various references) | |
Spanish | verja (bars, gate, grating, grill). (various references) | |
Swedish | grill (broiler, gridiron, grill, grillroom), skyddsgaller (guard), luftgaller (air grille, louver, louvre). (various references) | |
Thai | ตะแกรงหน้าหม้อรถยนต์, ลูกกรง (bar). (various references) | |
Turkish | parmaklık (balustrade, banisters, bar, boarding, fence, fencing, grating, grid, grill, guardrail, hurdle, paling, palisade, rack, rail, railing, trellis), kafes (bird cage, cage, coop, grating, grill, hutch, jail, lath, lattice, mew, pen, trellis), ızgara (broiler, grate, grating, grid, gridiron, grill, grilled, grilled meat, griller, riffle). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | решітка (grate, grill, rack), рибоводний інкубатор. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | craticula. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | greille. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "grille": grilled, griller, grillers, grilles. (additional references) | |
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"Grille" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: brille, Gaiole, Gardiole, Garelli, gargiolli, garilla, Ghiolla, Gilel, gille, girla, Girle, graile, gralen, Grall, gralle, grell, Grelot, gridle, gril, Grillet, griole, grizle, grole, groll, Grolle, grule, gruller, grylle, Guille, guillo, Jrflla. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "grille" (pronounced gri"l) |
| 4 | g r i" l | grill. |
| 3 | -r i" l | brill, drill, frill, krill, prill, rill, shrill, thrill, trill. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: giller. | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-i-l-l-r" | |
-1 letter: grill, iller, liger, rille. | |
-2 letters: gill, girl, lier, lire, riel, rile, rill. | |
-3 letters: ell, erg, gel, gie, ill, ire, leg, lei, lie, reg, rei, rig. | |
-4 letters: el, er, li, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-i-l-l-r" | |
+1 letter: gillers, grilled, griller, grilles. | |
+2 letters: allergic, allergin, galleria, gerbille, gladlier, gloriole, grillade, grillage, grillers, guerilla, pillager, villager. | |
+3 letters: allergies, allergins, allergist, argillite, cellaring, enrolling, fullering, gallerias, galleried, galleries, gerbilles, glomeruli, glorioles, grillades, grillages, grisaille, gruelling, guerillas, guerrilla, hollering, laureling, leeringly, legalizer, pellagrin, perilling, pillagers, ravelling, rebelling, rebilling, recalling, refalling, refelling, refilling, repelling, repolling, rerolling, reselling, retelling, revelling, rowelling, salesgirl, signaller, tillering, treillage, villagers, villagery, willinger. | |
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