English

Verb

trilling

1. present participle of trill

Noun

trilling ‎(plural trillings)

1. The production of a trill sound.
   • 1910, Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

     During the singing act these wing surfaces are moved rapidly on each other, producing the familiar strident trillings of midsummer.

Etymology 2

Compare German Drilling.

Noun

trilling ‎(plural trillings)

1. (crystallography) A compound crystal consisting of three individuals.
   • 1974, Mineral Digest (volumes 6-8, page 148)

     Chrysoberyl is orthorhombic in symmetry. Like many orthorhombic minerals, it readily forms an intergrowth with two other individual crystals to make trillings with six sides or, at least, V-shaped twins.

2. (obsolete) One of three children born at the same birth; a triplet.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tril‧ling

Etymology

From trillen +‎ -ing

Noun

trilling f ‎(plural trillingen, diminutive trillinkje n)

1. vibration, oscillation

Synonyms

• oscillatie

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From trinnling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /triliŋɡ/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

trilling m ‎(definite singular trillingen, indefinite plural trillingar, definite plural trillingane)

1. triplet (one of three siblings born at the same time of the same mother)

References

• “trilling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.