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rille

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English

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A rille on the Martian surface.

Etymology

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Borrowed from German Rille (channel).

Noun

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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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Dutch

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Verb

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rille

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

French

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Etymology

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From Old French reille (small plank), from Latin rēgula. Cognate with English rail and rule. Doublet of rail (from English), règle (a semi-learned borrowing), reille (from Old French), and rigole (via Middle Dutch).

Noun

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rille f (plural rilles)

  1. (dialectal) a small piece of pork

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Galician

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Verb

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rille

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