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

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]
  • Audio:(file)

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

Declension of brilles (5th declension)
singular plural
nominative brilles
genitive briļļu
dative brillēm
accusative brilles
instrumental brillēm
locative brillēs
vocative brilles

Derived terms

See also

References

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

Spanish

Verb

brilles

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of brillar