Shrill
//ʃɹɪl//
Translations of "shrill" (27 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | ὀξύφωνος(having a shrill voice) | oxúphōnos | |
| Bulgarian | писклив(high-pitched and piercing), писклив(having a shrill voice), пронизителен(high-pitched and piercing), рязък(sharp or keen to the senses), писък(shrill sound), пискам(to make a shrill noise) | piskliv, piskliv, pronizitelen, rjazǎk, pisǎk, piskam | |
| Catalan | estrident(high-pitched and piercing) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 刺耳的(high-pitched and piercing), 尖聲的 /尖声的(high-pitched and piercing) | cì'ěr de, jiānshēng de | |
| Czech | hlasitý(especially of a complaint or demand: fierce, loud, strident), ječivý(high-pitched and piercing), ostrý(high-pitched and piercing), ostrý(sharp or keen to the senses), ostrý(especially of a complaint or demand: fierce, loud, strident), pronikavý(high-pitched and piercing), ječet(to make a shrill noise), zaječet(to make a shrill noise) | — | |
| Danish | skinger(high-pitched and piercing) | — | |
| Dutch | schel(high-pitched and piercing), scherp(sharp or keen to the senses) | — | |
| Esperanto | strida(high-pitched and piercing), stridi(to make a shrill noise) | — | |
| Finnish | kimakka(high-pitched and piercing), kimeä(high-pitched and piercing), kimeä-ääninen(having a shrill voice), kirpeä(sharp or keen to the senses), kova(especially of a complaint or demand: fierce, loud, strident), terävä(sharp or keen to the senses), tiukka(especially of a complaint or demand: fierce, loud, strident), äänekäs(especially of a complaint or demand: fierce, loud, strident), kimeä ääni(shrill sound), kirkaista(to make a shrill noise) | — | |
| French | criard(having a shrill voice), strident(high-pitched and piercing) | — | |
| Galician | agudo(sharp or keen to the senses), estridente(high-pitched and piercing) | — | |
| German | scharf(sharp or keen to the senses), schrill(high-pitched and piercing) | — | |
| Hungarian | sipító(high-pitched and piercing) | — | |
| Italian | acuto(sharp or keen to the senses), isterico(especially of a complaint or demand: fierce, loud, strident), penetrante(high-pitched and piercing), squillante(high-pitched and piercing), stridente(high-pitched and piercing), stridente(sharp or keen to the senses), stridio(high-pitched and piercing), stridore(high-pitched and piercing), stridula(having a shrill voice), stridulo(high-pitched and piercing), stridere(to make a shrill noise) | — | |
| Japanese | 甲高い(high-pitched and piercing) | kandakai | |
| Latin | strīdulus(high-pitched and piercing) | — | |
| Latvian | spalgs(high-pitched and piercing) | — | |
| Māori | tikā(high-pitched and piercing), tioro(high-pitched and piercing), tīkākā(high-pitched and piercing) | — | |
| Portuguese | agudo(sharp or keen to the senses), estridente(high-pitched and piercing), estrídulo(high-pitched and piercing) | — | |
| Russian | пронзи́тельный(high-pitched and piercing), верещать(to make a shrill noise), визжать(to make a shrill noise) | pronzítelʹnyj, vereščatʹ, vizžatʹ | |
| Serbo-Croatian | drečav(high-pitched and piercing), drečav(sharp or keen to the senses), drečav(especially of a complaint or demand: fierce, loud, strident), kreštav(high-pitched and piercing), kreštav(having a shrill voice), piskav(high-pitched and piercing), drečanje(shrill sound), kreštanje(shrill sound), piskanje(shrill sound), drečati(to make a shrill noise), kreštati(to make a shrill noise), piskati(to make a shrill noise), vrištati(to make a shrill noise) | — | |
| Slovene | vreščeč(high-pitched and piercing) | — | |
| Spanish | estridente(high-pitched and piercing) | — | |
| Swedish | gäll(high-pitched and piercing) | — | |
| Tagalog | matinis(high-pitched and piercing) | — | |
| Ukrainian | прони́зливий(high-pitched and piercing) | pronýzlyvyj | |
| Welsh | main(high-pitched and piercing) | — |
писклив, писклив, пронизителен, рязък, писък, пискам
piskliv, piskliv, pronizitelen, rjazǎk, pisǎk, piskam
estrident
hlasitý, ječivý, ostrý, ostrý, ostrý, pronikavý, ječet, zaječet
skinger
schel, scherp
strida, stridi
kimakka, kimeä, kimeä-ääninen, kirpeä, kova, terävä, tiukka, äänekäs, kimeä ääni, kirkaista
criard, strident
agudo, estridente
scharf, schrill
sipító
acuto, isterico, penetrante, squillante, stridente, stridente, stridio, stridore, stridula, stridulo, stridere
strīdulus
spalgs
tikā, tioro, tīkākā
agudo, estridente, estrídulo
drečav, drečav, drečav, kreštav, kreštav, piskav, drečanje, kreštanje, piskanje, drečati, kreštati, piskati, vrištati
vreščeč
estridente
gäll
matinis
main
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.