English Explanatory Dictionary

brill

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus.
adj
  1. Clipping of brilliant; wonderful, amusing; cool.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6514).
  3. A hamlet in Constantine parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7229).
  4. A neighbourhood of Elberfeld, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
  5. An unincorporated community in the town of Oak Grove, Barron County, Wisconsin, United States.

Pronunciation

/bɹɪl/ En-au-brill.ogg

Word forms

brill brills more brill most brill

Etymology

Possibly from Cornish brilli (“mackerel”), from brithelli, plural of brithel (“mackerel”), from brith (“spotted”), from Proto-Brythonic *briθ.

Derived words

New Zealand brill megabrill Brill Building Brill-Zinsser disease
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