brillor

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German brill, brille (cognate of German Brille), from Latin bēryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos). Doublet of beryll and briljant.

Noun

brillor c pl

1. (colloquial) glasses, spectacles

   Synonym: glasögon

Declension

Declension of brillor
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	-	-	brillor	brillorna
Genitive	-	-	brillors	brillornas

Derived terms

• hornbrillor
• snöbrillor
• solbrillor

References

• brillor in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• brillor in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• brillor in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922).