grille
pronunciation
How to pronounce grille in British English:
UK [ɡrɪl]
How to pronounce grille in American English:
US [ɡrɪl]
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- Noun:
- small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted
- grating that admits cooling air to car's radiator
- a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate
Word Origin
- grille (n.)
- "ornamental grating," 1660s, from French grille (fem.) "grating," from Old French greille "gridiron," from Latin craticula "gridiron, small grill" (see grill (n.)). "The distinction in Fr[ench] between grille and grill ... appears to date from about the 16th c." [OED].
Example
- 1. The acura el has a redesigned grille and headlights .
- 2. Let me have a look at the radiator grille .
- 3. Someone broke the grille .
- 4. There was a grille last night , but not this morning .
- 5. Unscrew fastening screws on air grille .