Grille — meaning in English

English meaning

• cricket noun A small jumping insect related to grasshoppers, known for the chirping sound the males make by rubbing their wings together.
• whim noun A sudden, playful, or impulsive idea or desire, with little or no real reason behind it.
• whimsy noun A playful, quaint, or fanciful quality; also, a passing fanciful idea.

Senses

Grille is used for these senses in English:

• cricket An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
• whim A fanciful impulse, or sudden change of idea.
• whimsy A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour.

cricket — full definition

1. noun A small jumping insect related to grasshoppers, known for the chirping sound the males make by rubbing their wings together.
2. noun A bat-and-ball team sport, popular across England and the Commonwealth, played on a large oval field with a wicket at each end.
3. noun Fair or sportsmanlike behaviour (from the phrase "not cricket").

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