broil
English
/bɹɔɪl/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To cook by direct, radiant heat.
- (transitive) To expose to great heat.
- (intransitive) To be exposed to great heat.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English broillen derived from bruiller derived from Old French brusler (burn) derived from Frankish *brōan, *brōjan (burn, scald, boil) derived from Latin ustulō (scorch) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews- (burn).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁ews-
Gloss
burn
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- broilable English
- broiler English
- broilerhouse English
- broilerman English
- broileth English
- broilsome English
- char English
- charbroil English
- charbroiler English
- conveyor-broiler English
- nonbroiler English
- broileri Finnish
- ustulare Latin
- ustulāre Latin
- ustulō Latin
- Broiler German
- *h₁ews- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁us-nós Proto-Indo-European
- *aimaz Proto-Germanic
- *aimuzjǭ Proto-Germanic
- *brōaną Proto-Germanic
- broillen Middle English
- ím Old Norse
- bruir Old French
- brusler Old French
- brulaïr Norman
- brûler Norman
- ur Albanian
- brusler Middle French
- ustur Aromanian
- *ouzō Proto-Italic
- *brōan, *brōjan Frankish
- bruiller xno
- *éuhō Proto-Hellenic
- broilers Latgalian