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triller

triller

7.6
A person, animal, or thing that makes a quick repeated high sound
  • noun
  • /ˈtrɪlər/
: trillador
  • The triller in the garden sang beautifully, filling the air with a melodic trill.

Examples

  • Perkins et al. (2000) also found that the prevalence of seed-eating birds is positively associated with seed availability. Robins, mynas, trillers.

    Academic text (2015)

  • We identified a triller among the trees, its distinctive call echoing through the forest.

  • At dawn, the triller greeted the morning with its sweet and cheerful song.

Synonyms

warbler
vstriller
1 7.7

A singer who adds quick high notes to songs

focuses on making the repeated rapid sound rather than melodic ornamentation

Surface Forms

triller singular
trillers plural

Morphology

triller = trill (transparent) = trill + er

The agentive suffix '-er' is productively added to the verb 'trill' to mean 'one who produces a trill', a meaning easily inferable by learners.

Etymology

The word triller comes from the verb trill plus the ending -er, where trill means 'a short, fast rolling sound' like 'trr'. So a triller is 'one who makes a trilling sound', whether a singer, an instrument, or a bird.