vril
/vɹɪl/noun
vril is a noun meaning “Alternative letter-case form of Vril” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-R-I-L, and it appears about once in every 26 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does vril mean?
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of Vril.
noun
- 1
A controllable form of energy.
- 2
A kind of flying saucer supposedly built by the Nazis.
However, some weeks after Ger-many surrendered, both Haunebu and Vril craft were spotted in the skies over occupied Germany.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vril?
- /vɹɪl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vril?
Vril appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does vril come from?
Coined by British statesman and author Edward Bulwer-Lytton in the 1871 science fiction novel The Coming Race, later titled Vril, apparently as a clipping of virile.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).