brille

See also: Brille and brillé

English

Brilles visible in the exuvia of head and neck of a large grass snake

Etymology

From German Brille.

Pronunciation

• enPR: brĭlə
• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɪlə/

Noun

brille (plural brilles)

1. A transparent scale that covers the eye of a snake and is periodically shed as part of the exuvia.

Synonyms

• eyecap
• spectacle

Anagrams

• Biller, biller, rebill

Afrikaans

Noun

brille

1. plural of bril

Asturian

Verb

brille

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of brillar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of brillar

Central Franconian

Etymology

From Middle High German brüelen, ultimately imitative. Cognate with German brüllen. Other languages that share the same verb and have the same meaning ("to cry") are Alemannic German brüele and Hunsrik brille.

Verb

brille

1. (Moselle Franconian / Hunsrückisch) to cry
   • 1874, Peter Joseph Rottmann, Gedichte in Hunsrücker Mundart, page 4:

     Tobich Mensch! watt brauchste so se brille? / ’diß nau ähmol annerscht nitt mei Wille, / Unn eich honn Der’t jo schunn lang gesaht:

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Brille (from Middle High German berille) and German Low German brille (from Middle Low German barille, berille), both meaning "glasses" and ultimately from Latin bērillus, bēryllus (“beryl”), from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos), from Prakrit (compare Sanskrit वैडूर्य (vaiḍūrya)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥ʁɛlə]

Noun

brille c (singular definite brillen, plural indefinite briller)

1. glasses, spectacles

Usage notes

Normally used in the plural form.

Derived terms

• brilleabe
• brilleglas
• solbrille
• svømmebrille

References

• “brille” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Verb

brille

1. inflection of briller:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• prile (Wiesemann spelling system)

Etymology

From Middle High German brüelen, ultimately imitative. Cognate with German brüllen. Other languages that share the same verb and have the same meaning ("to cry") are Alemannic German brüele and Central Franconian brille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprilə/

Verb

brille

1. to cry

Inflection

Regular
infinitive	brille
participle	gebrilld
auxiliary	hon
	present indicative	imperative
ich	brille	—
du	brillst	brill
er/sie/es	brilld	—
meer	brille	—
deer	brilld	brilld
sie	brille	—
The use of the present participle is uncommon, but can be made with the suffix -end.

Synonyms

• (to weep): kreische

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Irish

Noun

brille f

1. Alternative form of breall (“clitoris”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
brille	bhrille	mbrille
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Entries containing “brille” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Italian

Adjective

brille f pl

1. feminine plural of brillo

Latvian

Noun

brille f

1. nominative singular of brilles (rarely used)

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

brille f (plural brilles)

1. (Jersey) brill

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Low German brille.

Noun

brille f or m (definite singular brilla or brillen, indefinite plural briller, definite plural brillene)

1. glasses, spectacles

Usage notes

Mostly used in the plural form.

Derived terms

• snøbrille
• solbrille
• svømmebrille
• vernebrille

References

• “brille” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Low German brille.

Noun

brille f (definite singular brilla, indefinite plural briller, definite plural brillene)

1. glasses, spectacles

Usage notes

Mostly used in the plural form.

Derived terms

• snøbrille
• solbrille
• vernebrille

References

• “brille” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Verb

brille

1. inflection of brillar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative