grill

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From Middle English gril, grille (“harsh, rough, severe”), from Old English *grielle, from Proto-West Germanic *grallī (“angry”), from Proto-Indo-European *gher- (“to rattle, make a noise, grumble”). Cognate with German grell (“harsh, angry”), Danish grel (“shrill, glaring, dazzling”).

1655, from French gril, from Middle French gril, from Old French greïl, graïl (“gridiron”), from graïlle (“grate, grating”), from Latin crātīcula (“gridiron”), diminutive of crātis (“hurdle, wickerwork”), q.v. Related to griddle, hurdle.

From Middle English grille, from Old English *grylla, *griella, from Proto-West Germanic *gralljō.

From Middle English grillen (“to anger, provoke”), from Old English grillan, griellan (“to annoy, vex, offend”), from Proto-West Germanic *gralljan (“to shout, make angry”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian grulje (“to make angry”), Dutch grillen (“to shudder, shiver”), Low German vergrellen (“to anger, provoke”), German grollen (“to rumble”) and perhaps also with French grouiller (“to swarm”).

242 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: شواية (shiwaya) — grating, grid
• Assamese: গিৰিল (giril) — grating, grid
• Bulgarian: ска́ра (skára) — grating, grid
• Chinese Mandarin: 烤架 (kǎojià) — grating, grid
• Danish: rist — grating, grid
• Dutch: raster — grating, grid
• Dutch: rooster — grating, grid
• Dutch: grill — grating, grid
• Esperanto: krado — grating, grid
• Finnish: ristikko — grating, grid
• Finnish: ritilä — grating, grid
• Finnish: arina — grating, grid
• French: grille — grating, grid
• Galician: grella — grating, grid
• Galician: espirrel — grating, grid
• Galician: grade — grating, grid
• Galician: trenlla — grating, grid
• German: Grill — grating, grid
• Greek: πλέγμα (plégma) — grating, grid
• Hawaiian: hao hakahaka — grating, grid
• Hawaiian: hao manamana — grating, grid
• Hungarian: rács — grating, grid
• Hungarian: rostély — grating, grid
• Italian: griglia — grating, grid
• Japanese: グリル (guriru) — grating, grid
• Khmer: ចង្អើរ (cɑɑcɑngʼaə) — grating, grid
• Korean: 그릴 (geuril) — grating, grid
• Latin: transenna — grating, grid
• Māori: tītara — grating, grid
• Norman: gril — grating, grid
• Norwegian Bokmål: grill — grating, grid
• Polish: ruszt — grating, grid
• Portuguese: grelha — grating, grid
• Russian: решётка (rešótka) — grating, grid
• Russian: ра́шпер (rášper) — grating, grid
• Sicilian: gradigghia — grating, grid
• Spanish: rejilla — grating, grid
• Swedish: galler — grating, grid
• Thai: ตะแกรง (dtà-grɛɛng) — grating, grid
• Turkmen: çişlik bişirmek — grating, grid
• Vietnamese: lưới — grating, grid
• Welsh: rhwyll — grating, grid
• Arabic: مُصَبَّع (muṣabbaʕ) — vehicle front cover
• Bulgarian: реше́тка (rešétka) — vehicle front cover
• Czech: mřížka — vehicle front cover
• Esperanto: kapuĉo — vehicle front cover
• Finnish: etusäleikkö — vehicle front cover
• Finnish: jäähdyttimen säleikkö — vehicle front cover
• French: calandre — vehicle front cover
• Galician: grella — vehicle front cover
• German: Grill — vehicle front cover
• Greek: μάσκα (máska) — vehicle front cover
• Hungarian: hűtőrács — vehicle front cover
• Italian: calandra — vehicle front cover
• Italian: mascherina — vehicle front cover
• Japanese: フロントグリル (furonto guriru) — vehicle front cover
• Māori: tītara — vehicle front cover
• Norwegian Bokmål: grill — vehicle front cover
• Polish: grill — vehicle front cover
• Polish: maskownica — vehicle front cover
• Polish: atrapa — vehicle front cover
• Portuguese: grelha — vehicle front cover
• Romanian: grilă — vehicle front cover
• Russian: решётка (rešótka) — vehicle front cover
• Sicilian: calànnira — vehicle front cover
• Sicilian: maschirina — vehicle front cover
• Spanish: rejilla — vehicle front cover
• Spanish: grilla — vehicle front cover
• Swedish: grill — vehicle front cover
• Arabic: مِشْوَاة (mišwāh) — cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it
• Bulgarian: грил (gril) — cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it
• Cornish: rastell — cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it
• Finnish: grilli — cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it
• Russian: гриль (grilʹ) — cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it
• Russian: ра́шпер (rášper) — cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it
• Russian: шашлы́чница (šašlýčnica) — cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it
• Russian: барбекю́ (barbekjú) — cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it
• Russian: барбекю́шница (barbekjúšnica) — cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it
• Sicilian: tannura — cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it
• Spanish: grill — cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it
• Spanish: parrilla — cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it
• Welsh: gril — cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it
• Arabic: شِوَاء (šiwāʔ) — barbecue
• Arabic: شوي (šawi) — barbecue
• Belarusian: грыль (hrylʹ) — barbecue
• Belarusian: барбекю́ (barbjekjú) — barbecue
• Bulgarian: ска́ра (skára) — barbecue
• Bulgarian: барбекю́ (barbekjú) — barbecue
• Catalan: graella — barbecue
• Chinese Mandarin: 燒烤 /烧烤 (shāokǎo) — barbecue
• Chinese Mandarin: 烤 (kǎo) — barbecue
• Ngazidja Comorian: uma — barbecue
• Cornish: barbakoa — barbecue
• Czech: gril — barbecue
• Dutch: barbecue — barbecue
• Dutch: grill — barbecue
• Finnish: grilli — barbecue
• French: gril — barbecue
• French: barbecue — barbecue
• Galician: grella — barbecue
• Galician: espirrel — barbecue
• Galician: grade — barbecue
• Galician: trenlla — barbecue
• German: Grill — barbecue
• Greek: σχάρα (schára) — barbecue
• Greek: ψησταριά (psistariá) — barbecue
• Hebrew: גְּרִיל (gril) — barbecue
• Hebrew: מַנְגָּל (mángal) — barbecue
• Hebrew: על האש (al ha'esh) — barbecue
• Hungarian: grill — barbecue
• Ido: grilar — barbecue
• Italian: bistecchiera — barbecue
• Italian: graticola — barbecue
• Italian: griglia — barbecue
• Japanese: グリル (guriru) — barbecue
• Japanese: バーベキュー (bābekyu) — barbecue
• Korean: 그릴 (geuril) — barbecue
• Korean: 바비큐 (babikyu) — barbecue
• Macedonian: скара (skara) — barbecue
• Malay: pemanggang — barbecue
• Māori: mātiti — barbecue
• Navajo: bikááʼatʼeesí — barbecue
• Norwegian Bokmål: grill — barbecue
• Persian: گریل (gril) — barbecue
• Polish: gril — barbecue
• Polish: grill — barbecue
• Portuguese: grelha — barbecue
• Portuguese: grelhador — barbecue
• Romanian: grătar — barbecue
• Russian: гриль (grilʹ) — barbecue
• Russian: барбекю́ (barbekjú) — barbecue
• Russian: шашлыки́ (šašlykí) — barbecue
• Scottish Gaelic: grìos — barbecue
• Serbo-Croatian: роштиљ — barbecue
• Sicilian: gradigghia — barbecue
• Sicilian: fucuni — barbecue
• Sicilian: luci — barbecue
• Sicilian: tannura — barbecue
• Slovak: gril — barbecue
• Spanish: rejilla — barbecue
• Spanish: parrilla — barbecue
• Spanish: grill — barbecue
• Swahili: uma — barbecue
• Swedish: grill — barbecue
• Turkish: ızgara — barbecue
• Turkish: gril — barbecue
• Ottoman Turkish: اسقره (ıskara) — barbecue
• Turkmen: daglamak — barbecue
• Ukrainian: гриль (hrylʹ) — barbecue
• Ukrainian: барбекю́ (barbekjú) — barbecue
• Vietnamese: nướng vĩ — barbecue
• Welsh: barbeciw — barbecue
• Arabic: مَشْوِيَّات (mašwiyyāt) — food designed to be cooked on a grill
• Bulgarian: скара (skara) — food designed to be cooked on a grill
• Finnish: grillipala — food designed to be cooked on a grill
• Russian: жарко́е (žarkóje) — food designed to be cooked on a grill
• Russian: гриль (grilʹ) — food designed to be cooked on a grill
• Russian: барбекю́ (barbekjú) — food designed to be cooked on a grill
• Sicilian: arrustuta — food designed to be cooked on a grill
• Sicilian: cosi p'arrùstiri — food designed to be cooked on a grill
• Finnish: grillz — type of jewelry (slang term)
• Finnish: leegot — front teeth collectively (slang term)
• Sicilian: scagghiuna — front teeth collectively (slang term)
• Arabic: شَوَى (šawā) — to cook food on a grill
• Arabic: يَشْوِي (yašwī) — to cook food on a grill
• Arabic: شوى (šiwa) — to cook food on a grill
• Armenian: խորովել (xorovel) — to cook food on a grill
• Aromanian: frig — to cook food on a grill
• Aromanian: frigu — to cook food on a grill
• Bulgarian: пека на скара (peka na skara) — to cook food on a grill
• Bulgarian: гриловам (grilovam) — to cook food on a grill
• Chinese Mandarin: 燒烤 /烧烤 (shāokǎo) — to cook food on a grill
• Chinese Mandarin: 燒 /烧 (shāo) — to cook food on a grill
• Chinese Mandarin: 烤 (kǎo) — to cook food on a grill
• Czech: grilovat — to cook food on a grill
• Czech: ugrilovat — to cook food on a grill
• Finnish: grillata — to cook food on a grill
• French: griller — to cook food on a grill
• Galician: grellar — to cook food on a grill
• Galician: richar — to cook food on a grill
• Galician: asar — to cook food on a grill
• German: grillen — to cook food on a grill
• German: grillieren — to cook food on a grill
• Greek: ψήνω (psíno) — to cook food on a grill
• Hungarian: roston süt — to cook food on a grill
• Italian: grigliare — to cook food on a grill
• Japanese: 焼く (yaku) — to cook food on a grill
• Khmer: អាំង (ʼang) — to cook food on a grill
• Khmer: ដុត (dot) — to cook food on a grill
• Khmer: ឆ្អើរ (chʼaə) — to cook food on a grill
• Khmu: ກາຣ — to cook food on a grill
• Korean: 굽다 (gupda) — to cook food on a grill
• Lao: ປີ້ງ (pīng) — to cook food on a grill
• Lithuanian: ant grotelio kepti — to cook food on a grill
• Malay: panggang — to cook food on a grill
• Māori: rorerore — to cook food on a grill
• Norman: grîlyi — to cook food on a grill
• Norwegian: grille — to cook food on a grill
• Old Tupi: moka'ẽ — to cook food on a grill
• Persian: گریل کردن (gril kardan) — to cook food on a grill
• Polish: opiekać na grillu — to cook food on a grill
• Polish: grillować — to cook food on a grill
• Portuguese: grelhar — to cook food on a grill
• Romanian: frige — to cook food on a grill
• Russian: жа́рить (žáritʹ) — to cook food on a grill
• Sanskrit: भृज्जति (bhṛjjati) — to cook food on a grill
• Scottish Gaelic: grìos — to cook food on a grill
• Scottish Gaelic: grìosaich — to cook food on a grill
• Slovak: grilovať — to cook food on a grill
• Spanish: asar — to cook food on a grill
• Spanish: parrillar — to cook food on a grill
• Swedish: grilla — to cook food on a grill
• Thai: ย่าง (yâang) — to cook food on a grill
• Thai: ปิ้ง (bpîng) — to cook food on a grill
• Vietnamese: nướng — to cook food on a grill
• Welsh: grilio — to cook food on a grill
• Yao (Africa): koca — to cook food on a grill
• Bulgarian: гриловам (grilovam) — to cook food under a heat element
• Cornish: rastella — to cook food under a heat element
• Finnish: pariloida — to cook food under a heat element
• Spanish: gratinar — to cook food under a heat element
• Welsh: grilio — to cook food under a heat element
• Finnish: kuulustella — to interrogate
• Finnish: hiillostaa — to interrogate
• Finnish: tentata — to interrogate
• Finnish: grillata — to interrogate
• German: grillen — to interrogate
• German: ausquetschen — to interrogate
• Greek: ανακρίνω (anakríno) — to interrogate
• Hungarian: vallat — to interrogate
• Hungarian: faggat — to interrogate
• Italian: mettere sulla graticola — to interrogate
• Italian: torchiare — to interrogate
• Norwegian: grille — to interrogate
• Polish: brać na spytki — to interrogate
• Polish: wziąć na spytki — to interrogate
• Polish: wypytywać — to interrogate
• Polish: wypytać — to interrogate
• Swedish: grilla — to interrogate
• Bulgarian: опичам се (opičam se) — to feel very hot
• Bulgarian: опека се (opeka se) — to feel very hot
• Finnish: paahtua — to feel very hot