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English
Etymology
From grill + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
griller (plural grillers)
- One who, or that which, grills.
2002, Karen Adler, Judith M Fertig, Fish and shellfish, grilled and smoked:For the novice fish griller, firm-fleshed fish steaks (salmon, tuna, swordfish, shark) will be the easiest to grill.
- Food suitable for grilling.
1994 July 21, Faye Fiore, “Congress relishes another franking privilege: Meat lobby puts on the dog with exclusive luncheon for lawmakers – experts on pork”, in Los Angeles Times:Congressmen gleefully wolfed down every imaginable version of the hot dog – smoked kielbasas, jumbo grillers, Big & Juicy's, kosher dogs and spiced dogs […]
French
Etymology
From grille + -er.
Pronunciation
Verb
griller
- to toast (cook with a toaster)
- to grill (cook with a grill)
- (intransitive) to toast (heat up, said of e.g. skin)
- (colloquial) to smoke (a cigarette)
2005 [1963], Nicolas Bouvier, L'Usage du Monde, Payot & Rivages, →ISBN; republished as Robyn Marsack, transl., The Way of the World, 2011, →ISBN:Puis je restais là, étendu dans le noir, à griller une cigarette et regarder dans ma tête jusqu’à ce que des poings impatients qui martelaient la porte m’obligent à céder la place.- — Then I would linger on, stretched out in the dark, having a smoke and meditating, until impatient fists hammering on the door made me give up my place.
2015 January, Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex, volume 1, Éditions Grasset, →ISBN, page 27:Il connaît, autour de chez lui, les entrées de bureaux, là où les gens sortent en griller une dans la journée et il lui arrive de passer et de ralentir, il ramasse les mégots les plus longs.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transport) to run; to pass a stop signal or stop sign, or without yielding right of way (at duty to yield)
2015, Nantes : la priorité à droite, une solution pour limiter la vitesse ?:Et Stéphane Montfort d’ajouter : "Si vous avez un accrochage après avoir grillé une priorité à droite, c’est vous qui êtes en tort".- And Stéphane Montfort adds : "If you have a collision after having run a priority to the right, it is you who is at fault".
Conjugation
griller
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avoir + past participle
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grillant /ɡʁi.jɑ̃/
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ayant + past participle
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grillé /ɡʁi.je/
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indicative
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je (j’)
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tu
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il, elle, on
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nous
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vous
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ils, elles
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(simple tenses)
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present
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grille /ɡʁij/
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grilles /ɡʁij/
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grille /ɡʁij/
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grillons /ɡʁi.jɔ̃/
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grillez /ɡʁi.je/
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grillent /ɡʁij/
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imperfect
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grillais /ɡʁi.jɛ/
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grillais /ɡʁi.jɛ/
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grillait /ɡʁi.jɛ/
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grillions /ɡʁij.jɔ̃/
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grilliez /ɡʁij.je/
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grillaient /ɡʁi.jɛ/
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past historic2
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grillai /ɡʁi.je/
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grillas /ɡʁi.ja/
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grilla /ɡʁi.ja/
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grillâmes /ɡʁi.jam/
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grillâtes /ɡʁi.jat/
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grillèrent /ɡʁi.jɛʁ/
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future
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grillerai /ɡʁij.ʁe/
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grilleras /ɡʁij.ʁa/
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grillera /ɡʁij.ʁa/
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grillerons /ɡʁij.ʁɔ̃/
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grillerez /ɡʁij.ʁe/
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grilleront /ɡʁij.ʁɔ̃/
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conditional
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grillerais /ɡʁij.ʁɛ/
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grillerais /ɡʁij.ʁɛ/
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grillerait /ɡʁij.ʁɛ/
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grillerions /ɡʁi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/
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grilleriez /ɡʁi.jə.ʁje/
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grilleraient /ɡʁij.ʁɛ/
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(compound tenses)
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present perfect
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present indicative of avoir + past participle
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pluperfect
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imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
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past anterior2
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past historic of avoir + past participle
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future perfect
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future of avoir + past participle
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conditional perfect
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conditional of avoir + past participle
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subjunctive
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que je (j’)
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que tu
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qu’il, qu’elle
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que nous
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que vous
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qu’ils, qu’elles
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(simple tenses)
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present
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grille /ɡʁij/
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grilles /ɡʁij/
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grille /ɡʁij/
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grillions /ɡʁij.jɔ̃/
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grilliez /ɡʁij.je/
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grillent /ɡʁij/
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imperfect2
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grillasse /ɡʁi.jas/
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grillasses /ɡʁi.jas/
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grillât /ɡʁi.ja/
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grillassions /ɡʁi.ja.sjɔ̃/
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grillassiez /ɡʁi.ja.sje/
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grillassent /ɡʁi.jas/
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(compound tenses)
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past
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present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
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pluperfect2
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imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
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imperative
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–
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tu
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–
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nous
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vous
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–
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simple
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—
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grille /ɡʁij/
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—
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grillons /ɡʁi.jɔ̃/
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grillez /ɡʁi.je/
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—
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compound
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—
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simple imperative of avoir + past participle
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—
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simple imperative of avoir + past participle
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simple imperative of avoir + past participle
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—
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1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
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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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).
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Derived terms
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Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
griller m
- indefinite plural of grill
Verb
griller
- present of grille
Swedish
Noun
griller
- strange ideas
sätta griller i huvudet på någon- put strange ideas in someone's head
- indefinite plural of grill
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