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gril.

grill (cooking implement made of metal rods)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡʁil/
  1. grill (cooking implement made of metal rods)

    masculine
  2. A heated metal grill used to torture by burning

    historical · masculine
  3. Torture, torment

    broadly · masculine · phrasal
    retourner sur le gril d'école
    passer sur le gril
Where this word comes from

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.

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