brille

See also: Brille and brillé

English

Brilles visible in the exuvia of head and neck of a large grass snake

Noun

brille (plural brilles)

1. A transparent scale that covers the eye of a snake. Whenever the snake changes its skin in the act of ecdysis, the brille gets shed as part of the old skin, the exuvia.

Synonyms

• eyecap
• spectacle

Anagrams

• Biller, biller, rebill

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Afrikaans

Noun

brille

1. plural of bril

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Asturian

Verb

(deprecated template usage) brille

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of brillar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of brillar

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French

Verb

brille

1. first-person singular present indicative of briller
2. third-person singular present indicative of briller
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of briller
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of briller
5. second-person singular imperative of briller

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Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• prile (Wiesemann spelling system)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprilə/

Verb

brille

1. to cry
   • 1874, Peter Joseph Rottmann, Gedichte in Hunsrücker Mundart, p. 4:

     Tobich Mensch! watt brauchste so se brille? / ’diß nau ähmol annerscht nitt mei Wille, / Unn eich honn Der’t jo schunn lang gesaht:

Inflection

Synonyms

• (to weep): kreische

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Irish

Noun

brille f

1. Alternative form of breall (“clitoris”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
brille	bhrille	mbrille
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “brille”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

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Italian

Adjective

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine plural of adjective brillo.

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Latvian

Noun

brille f

1. (deprecated template usage) nominative singular form of brilles (rarely used)

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Norman

Etymology

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Noun

brille f (plural brilles)

1. (Jersey) brill

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Low German brille

Noun

brille f or m (definite singular brilla or brillen, indefinite plural briller, definite plural brillene)

1. glasses, spectacles

Usage notes

Mostly used in the plural form.

Derived terms

• snøbrille
• solbrille
• svømmebrille
• vernebrille

References

• “brille” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Low German brille

Noun

brille f (definite singular brilla, indefinite plural briller, definite plural brillene)

1. glasses, spectacles

Usage notes

Mostly used in the plural form.

Derived terms

• snøbrille
• solbrille
• vernebrille

References

• “brille” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Spanish

Verb

brille

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of brillar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of brillar.
3. third-person singular imperative of brillar