brilles - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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brilles

1. plural of brille

• Billers, billers, rebills

brilles

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

brilles

1. second-person singular present indicative of brillar

brilles

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

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]

• IPA^(key): [bɾīllɛs]

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

There is a singular form brille, only sporadically attested.

• saulesbrilles, saules brilles

• acenes

brilles

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of brillar