"drille" meaning in French

See drille in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dʁil/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-drille.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-drille.wav Forms: drilles [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} drille m (plural drilles)
  1. (archaic) soldier Tags: archaic, masculine Synonyms: soudard
    Sense id: en-drille-fr-noun-4MCMKx9T
  2. (colloquial) fellow Tags: colloquial, masculine
    Sense id: en-drille-fr-noun-pXxOeTPO Categories (other): French terms with collocations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /dʁil/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-drille.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-drille.wav
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} drille
  1. inflection of driller:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: driller
    Sense id: en-drille-fr-verb-3W0l0Rab Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 67 29
  2. inflection of driller:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: driller
    Sense id: en-drille-fr-verb-PrAcvb6d
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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