grille

¹

Or grill

[gril]

noun

1. a grating or openwork barrier, as for a gate, usually of metal and often of decorative design.

2. an opening, usually covered by grillwork, for admitting air to cool the engine of an automobile or the like; radiator grille.

3. any of various perforated screens, sheets, etc., used to cover something, as on a radio for protecting the amplifier or in cryptography for coding purposes.

4. a ticket window covered by a grating.

5. Court Tennis.,  a square-shaped winning opening on the hazard side of the court.

grillé

²

Or gril·lée

[gree-yey]

adjective

1. cooked on a grill; broiled.

2. Textiles.,  having an ornamental bar or grate pattern across the open areas of a lace motif.

grille

/ ɡrɪl /

noun

1. Also called: grillwork. a framework, esp of metal bars arranged to form an ornamental pattern, used as a screen or partition

2. Also called: radiator grille. a grating, often chromium-plated, that admits cooling air to the radiator of a motor vehicle

3. a metal or wooden openwork grating used as a screen or divider

4. a protective screen, usually plastic or metal, in front of the loudspeaker in a radio, record player, etc

5. real tennis the opening in one corner of the receiver's end of the court

6. a group of small pyramidal marks impressed in parallel rows into a stamp to prevent reuse

Other Word Forms

• grilled adjective
• ungrilled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of grille¹

1655–65; < French, Old French < Late Latin *gratīcula, Latin crātīcula (compare Old Provençal grazilha ), diminutive of crātis

Origin of grille²

1680–90; < French: grilled; grille

Word History and Origins

Origin of grille¹

C17: from Old French, from Latin crātīcula fine hurdlework, from crātis a hurdle

Related Words

• framework 
• network