trillo

See also: Trillo, trilló, and trillò

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Italian trillaredeverb.

Italian trillobor.

English trillo

Borrowed from Italian trillo.

Noun

trillo (plural trillos or trilloes or trilli)

1. (music) A trill or shake.

References

• “trillo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Catalan

Verb

trillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of trillar

Galician

Verb

trillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of trillar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtril.lo/
• Rhymes: -illo
• Hyphenation: trìl‧lo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from trillare.

Noun

trillo m (plural trilli)

1. ring (of telephone etc.)
2. trill; warble; chirp (of birds)
3. (music) trill

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

trillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of trillare

Further reading

• trillo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• trolli

Spanish

un trillo

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾiʝo/ [ˈt̪ɾi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾiʝo/ [ˈt̪ɾi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾiʎo/ [ˈt̪ɾi.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾiʃo/ [ˈt̪ɾi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾiʒo/ [ˈt̪ɾi.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -iʎo (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: tri‧llo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin trībulum with early syncope of the first /u/.

Noun

trillo m (plural trillos)

1. threshing board

Related terms

• trillar

Etymology 2

Verb

trillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of trillar

Further reading

• “trillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025