triller

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A 19th-century watercolour of a pied triller (Lalage nigra) flying near a durian tree (Durio zibethinus), from the William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings, National Museum of Singapore
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Etymology[edit]

trill +‎ -er

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

triller (plural trillers)

  1. A small passerine bird of the genus Lalage belonging to the cuckoo-shrike family Campephagidae, so called because of the loud trilling calls of the male birds.
  2. One who or that which trills.
    • 2010, Michel Debost, The Simple Flute: From A-Z, page 255:
      When the left hand is the triller, it might seem more difficult to stabilize with the right, which is mostly off the flute.

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From trille +‎ -er.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Verb[edit]

triller

  1. to trill

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of triller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple triller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple trillant
/tʁi.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle trillé
/tʁi.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present trille
/tʁij/ 		trilles
/tʁij/ 		trille
/tʁij/ 		trillons
/tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		trillez
/tʁi.je/ 		trillent
/tʁij/
imperfect trillais
/tʁi.jɛ/ 		trillais
/tʁi.jɛ/ 		trillait
/tʁi.jɛ/ 		trillions
/tʁij.jɔ̃/ 		trilliez
/tʁij.je/ 		trillaient
/tʁi.jɛ/
past historic2 trillai
/tʁi.je/ 		trillas
/tʁi.ja/ 		trilla
/tʁi.ja/ 		trillâmes
/tʁi.jam/ 		trillâtes
/tʁi.jat/ 		trillèrent
/tʁi.jɛʁ/
future trillerai
/tʁij.ʁe/ 		trilleras
/tʁij.ʁa/ 		trillera
/tʁij.ʁa/ 		trillerons
/tʁij.ʁɔ̃/ 		trillerez
/tʁij.ʁe/ 		trilleront
/tʁij.ʁɔ̃/
conditional trillerais
/tʁij.ʁɛ/ 		trillerais
/tʁij.ʁɛ/ 		trillerait
/tʁij.ʁɛ/ 		trillerions
/tʁi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		trilleriez
/tʁi.jə.ʁje/ 		trilleraient
/tʁij.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present trille
/tʁij/ 		trilles
/tʁij/ 		trille
/tʁij/ 		trillions
/tʁij.jɔ̃/ 		trilliez
/tʁij.je/ 		trillent
/tʁij/
imperfect2 trillasse
/tʁi.jas/ 		trillasses
/tʁi.jas/ 		trillât
/tʁi.ja/ 		trillassions
/tʁi.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		trillassiez
/tʁi.ja.sje/ 		trillassent
/tʁi.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — trille
/tʁij/ 		— trillons
/tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		trillez
/tʁi.je/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Noun[edit]

triller m or f

  1. indefinite plural of trille

Verb[edit]

triller

  1. present of trille
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