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Meaning of Shrill | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ʃɹɪl

Definitions

A shrill sound.

Equivalents

العربية شديد
Български рязък
Català estrident
Cymraeg main
Dansk skinger
Deutsch scharf schrill
Esperanto strida stridi
Español estridente
Français criard strident
Galego agudo
Bahasa Indonesia langsing
日本語 甲高い
Kurdî tika
Latina strīdulus
Latviešu spalgs
Te Reo Māori tika tioro
Nederlands schel scherp
Svenska gäll
Tagalog matinis
Українська пронизливий

Examples

“[W]hen at laſt / I heard a voyce, which loudly to me called, / That with ſuddein ſhrill I was appalled.”
“The shrill of the whistle from the locomotive “Charlestown” announced the arrival of the first train into Fitchburg on 5 March 1845— [...]”
“Sonographic example of two consecutive loud shrills of a common marmoset, showing sound frequencies of harmonics reaching into the ultrasonic range.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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