brilles

See also: brillés and brillēs

English

Noun

brilles

  1. plural of brille

Anagrams

Asturian

Verb

brilles

  1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of brillar

Catalan

Verb

brilles

  1. second-person singular present indicative of brillar

French

Verb

brilles

  1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of briller

Latvian

Brilles

Etymology

Borrowed from German Brille (probably from Middle Low German), ultimately from beryllium (< Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos)), the material from which the first modern glasses were made.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɾīllɛs]
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Noun

brilles f (5th declension)

  1. glasses, eyeglasses, spectacles (sight-correcting glasses mounted on a frame)
    brilles ietvarsspectacles frame
    uzlikt, valkāt brillesto put on, to wear glasses
  2. eye protective device similar in shape to spectacles
    motociklista brillesmotorcycle glasses, goggles

Usage notes

There is a singular form brille, only sporadically attested.

Declension

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “brilles”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Spanish

Verb

brilles

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of brillar
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