Brille
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German brille, berille, from berillus (“beryl”), from Latin beryllus (“beryl”). Compare dialectal English brills (“spectacles”).
Meaning 3 ("toilet seat") is derived in analogy with the usually round shape of spectacle frames surrounding the glass.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Brille f (genitive Brille, plural Brillen)
- (pair of) glasses, spectacles (frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes to correct vision)
- 1919, Walther Kabel, Irrende Seelen, Werner Dietsch Verlag, page 42:
- In einer Seitenstraße kaufte ich mir bei einem Optiker eine billige, blaue Brille und setzte sie sofort auf.
- In a side street, I bought a cheap, blue pair of glasses at an optician and immediately put them on.
- (pair of) goggles (protective eyewear set in a flexible frame to fit snugly against the face)
- toilet seat (hinged, contoured seat with a hole in the middle, of a toilet)
- (medicine) nasal cannula for oxygen (clear plastic tubes for the delivery of oxygen to the nose)
Declension edit
Declension of Brille [feminine]
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “Brille” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Brille” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Brille” in Duden online
- Brille on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Pennsylvania German edit
Noun edit
Brille