terril
French, noun/tɛ.ʁi/
terril is spelled T-E-R-R-I-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Terril is a French masculine noun meaning “a conical pile of waste material removed during mining; slag heap, spoil tip, boney pile, gob pile, culm bank, waste tip, bing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Monticule de déchets houillers”.
What does terril mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea conical pile of waste material removed during mining; slag heap, spoil tip, boney pile, gob pile, culm bank, waste tip, bing
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Monticule de déchets houillers.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of terril
- terrils plural
- terri alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce terril?
- /tɛ.ʁi/
- /te.ʁi/
- /tɛ.ʁil/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is terril in French?
terril appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).