briller
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Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun[edit]
briller
- (plural only) glasses, spectacles
Declension[edit]
Inflection of briller
gender |
Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | briller | brillerne |
| genitive | brillers | brillernes |
Noun[edit]
briller
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
briller m (plural brillers)
- (uncommon) person wearing glasses
- 1978, Edgar Cairo, Djari/Erven, page 55:
- ’Brillers, verzorgt uw ogen met zorg! […] '
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1986, Kees van Kooten, Wim de Bie, “Mens durf te brillen!”, in Het groot bescheurboek. Een bloemlezing van de tussen 1973 en 1986 verschenen Bescheurkalenders, page 30:
- Ik hèb ook wel een bril, voor bij de teevee thuis, in de auto en in de bioskoop of het theater (een mooi toneelstuk) maar het is dus niet zo dat ik 's ochtends meteen m'n bril opzet, zoals de echte briller doet.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2016 February 21, Nele De Meyer, “Eline De Munck: “Afhankelijk zijn van de media maakte me onrustig. Dat wilde ik niet langer””, in Het Laatste Nieuws:
- “ […] Er zijn twee soorten brillers: de mensen die één worden met hun bril en de mensen die van bril wisselen naargelang hun gemoed of outfit. Ik behoor duidelijk tot die tweede categorie.”
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian brillare, of uncertain origin, but possibly a derivative of Latin beryllus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
briller
- (intransitive) to shine, to sparkle
- 2018, Zaz, On s'en remet jamais:
- Est-ce que la lumière reviendra ? Est-ce qu’on retrouvera le sommeil ? Y aura-t-il un nouveau soleil, quelqu’un d’autre qui brillera ?
- Will the light return? Will we get back to sleep? Will there be a new sun, someone else who will shine?
- 1996, Noir Désir, À ton étoile:
- Dis-toi qu’il n’est pas loin, et qu’on y brille, à ton étoile.
- Tell yourself that it's not far, and that we'll shine there, at your star.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of briller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | briller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | brillant /bʁi.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | brillé /bʁi.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | brille /bʁij/ |
brilles /bʁij/ |
brille /bʁij/ |
brillons /bʁi.jɔ̃/ |
brillez /bʁi.je/ |
brillent /bʁij/ |
| imperfect | brillais /bʁi.jɛ/ |
brillais /bʁi.jɛ/ |
brillait /bʁi.jɛ/ |
brillions /bʁij.jɔ̃/ |
brilliez /bʁij.je/ |
brillaient /bʁi.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | brillai /bʁi.je/ |
brillas /bʁi.ja/ |
brilla /bʁi.ja/ |
brillâmes /bʁi.jam/ |
brillâtes /bʁi.jat/ |
brillèrent /bʁi.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | brillerai /bʁij.ʁe/ |
brilleras /bʁij.ʁa/ |
brillera /bʁij.ʁa/ |
brillerons /bʁij.ʁɔ̃/ |
brillerez /bʁij.ʁe/ |
brilleront /bʁij.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | brillerais /bʁij.ʁɛ/ |
brillerais /bʁij.ʁɛ/ |
brillerait /bʁij.ʁɛ/ |
brillerions /bʁi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
brilleriez /bʁi.jə.ʁje/ |
brilleraient /bʁij.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | brille /bʁij/ |
brilles /bʁij/ |
brille /bʁij/ |
brillions /bʁij.jɔ̃/ |
brilliez /bʁij.je/ |
brillent /bʁij/ |
| imperfect2 | brillasse /bʁi.jas/ |
brillasses /bʁi.jas/ |
brillât /bʁi.ja/ |
brillassions /bʁi.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
brillassiez /bʁi.ja.sje/ |
brillassent /bʁi.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | brille /bʁij/ |
— | brillons /bʁi.jɔ̃/ |
brillez /bʁi.je/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “briller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Noun[edit]
briller m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Noun[edit]
briller f
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