brill

CEFRC1

/bɹɪl/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Excellent or very good; informal British usage.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A surname.

Examples

  • Brill is a type of flatfish found in the North Atlantic.

  • The chef prepared a delicious dish featuring brill.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Clipping of brilliant; wonderful, amusing; cool.

  2. A type of flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus.

More examples

In context

  • The chef served a delicious grilled brill with lemon butter sauce.

  • That song is totally brill, innit!

  • So what makes a brill baguette? For Mr Paluel-Marmont and Mr de Rovira, a star French stick can usually be identified merely by its appearance.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The fisherman caught a large blank flatfish near the coastal rocks.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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