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brille

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See also: Brille and brillé

English

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Etymology

From German Brille.

Pronunciation

Noun

brille (plural brilles)

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

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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)
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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).

Pronunciation

Noun

brille c (singular definite brillen, plural indefinite briller)

  1. glasses, spectacles

Usage notes

Normally used in the plural form.

Derived terms

References

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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

Verb

brille

  1. to cry

Inflection

More information infinitive, participle ...

The present participle is uncommonly used,
but can be made with the suffix -end.

Synonyms

Further reading

  • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “brille”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch
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Irish

Noun

brille f

  1. alternative form of breall (“clitoris”)

Mutation

More information radical, lenition ...

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Italian

Adjective

brille f pl

  1. feminine plural of brillo

Latvian

Noun

brille f

  1. nominative singular of brilles (rarely used)

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

brille f (plural brilles)

  1. (Jersey) brill

Norwegian Bokmål

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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

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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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

References

Spanish

Verb

brille

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

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