brilles

See also: brillés and brillēs

English

Noun

brilles

1. plural of brille

Anagrams

• Billers, billers, rebills

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.

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 ietvars ― spectacles frame

   uzlikt, valkāt brilles ― to put on, to wear glasses

2. eye protective device similar in shape to spectacles

   motociklista brilles ― motorcycle glasses, goggles

Usage notes

There is a singular form brille, only sporadically attested.

Declension

Declension of brilles (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	—	brilles
accusative (akuzatīvs)	—	brilles
genitive (ģenitīvs)	—	briļļu
dative (datīvs)	—	brillēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	—	brillēm
locative (lokatīvs)	—	brillēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	brilles

Derived terms

• saulesbrilles, saules brilles

See also

• acenes

Spanish

Verb

brilles

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of brillar