German

Noun

Brille f ‎(genitive Brille, plural Brillen)

1. glasses, spectacles
   • 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.

Declension

Derived terms

English

Noun

brille ‎(plural brilles)

1. A transparent scale covering the eye of a snake, shed as part of the old skin during moulting.

Synonyms

• eyecap
• spectacle

Asturian

Verb

brille

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

French

Verb

brille

1. first-person singular present indicative of briller
2. third-person singular present indicative of briller
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of briller
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of briller
5. second-person singular imperative of briller

Irish

Noun

brille f

1. (anatomy) clitoris

Mutation

References

• "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 form of brilles (rarely used)

Norman

Noun

brille f ‎(plural brilles)

1. (Jersey) brill

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Low German brille

Noun

brille f, 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
• 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. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of brillar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of brillar.
3. third-person singular imperative of brillar