rille

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English[edit]

A rille on the Martian surface.

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Rille (channel).

Noun[edit]

rille (plural rilles)

  1. (planetology) A long, narrow depression that resembles a channel, found on the surface of various lunar and planetary bodies.

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Verb[edit]

rille

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of rillen

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French reille (small plank), from Latin regula. Doublet of règle, a semi-learned borrowing, and cognate with English rail and rule.

Noun[edit]

rille f (plural rilles)

  1. (dialectal) a small piece of pork

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Verb[edit]

rille

  1. inflection of rillar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative