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noun, masculine

gril

/ɡʁil/

noun, masculine/ɡʁil/plural: grils

grill (cooking implement made of metal rods); A heated metal grill used to torture by burning; Torture, torment

1944, Jean-Paul Sartre, Huis-clos (No Exit), Act 1, sc. 5I would never have believed it... you remember: the fire, the brimstone, the torment...

At least 1300s, from Middle French gril, from Old French greïl, graïl (“gridiron”), from graïlle (“grate, grating”), from Latin crātīcula (“grating”), diminutive of crātis (“hurdle, wickerwork”). Doublet of grille.