Brille

See also: brille and brillé

German

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /ˈbʁɪlə/
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Noun

Brille f (genitive Brille, plural Brillen)

  1. (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.
  2. (pair of) goggles (protective eyewear set in a flexible frame to fit snugly against the face)
  3. toilet seat (hinged, contoured seat with a hole in the middle, of a toilet)
  4. (medicine) nasal cannula for oxygen (clear plastic tubes for the delivery of oxygen to the nose)

Declension
Declension of Brille [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Brille die Brillen
genitive einer der Brille der Brillen
dative einer der Brille den Brillen
accusative eine die Brille die Brillen

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Czech: brýle
  • → Kashubian: brële
  • → Lower Sorbian: bryla
  • → Polish: bryle
  • → Swedish: brillor

Further reading
  • “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

Noun

Brille

  1. plural of Brill
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