# brille
## English
### Etymology

From German Brille.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: brĭlə
* IPA: /ˈbɹɪlə/

### Noun

brille (plural brilles)
* A transparent scale that covers the eye of a snake and is periodically shed as part of the exuvia.

#### Synonyms

* eyecap
* spectacle

### Anagrams

* Biller, biller, rebill

## Afrikaans
### Noun

brille
* plural of bril

## Asturian
### Verb

brille
* first-person singular present subjunctive of brillar
* third-person singular present subjunctive of brillar

## Central Franconian
### Etymology

From Middle High German brüelen, ultimately imitative. Cognate with German brüllen. Other languages that share the same verb and have the same meaning ("to cry") are Alemannic German brüele and Hunsrik brille.

### Verb

brille
* (Moselle Franconian / Hunsrückisch) to cry
** 1874, Peter Joseph Rottmann, Gedichte in Hunsrücker Mundart, page 4:Tobich Mensch! watt brauchste so se brille? / ’diß nau ähmol annerscht nitt mei Wille, / Unn eich honn Der’t jo schunn lang gesaht:(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Brille (from Middle High German berille) and German Low German brille (from Middle Low German barille, berille), both meaning "glasses" and ultimately from Latin bērillus, bēryllus (“beryl”), from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈb̥ʁɛlə]

### Noun

brille c (singular definite brillen, plural indefinite briller)
* glasses, spectacles

#### Usage notes

Normally used in the plural form.

#### Derived terms

* brilleabe
* brilleglas
* solbrille
* svømmebrille

### References

* “brille” in Den Danske Ordbog

## French
### Verb

brille
* inflection of briller:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

## Hunsrik
### Alternative forms

* prile (Wiesemann spelling system)

### Etymology

From Middle High German brüelen, ultimately imitative. Cognate with German brüllen. Other languages that share the same verb and have the same meaning ("to cry") are Alemannic German brüele and Central Franconian brille.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈprilə/

### Verb

brille
* to cry

#### Synonyms

* (to weep): kreische

### Further reading

* Online Hunsrik Dictionary

## Irish
### Noun

brille f
* Alternative form of breall (“clitoris”)

### Further reading

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

## Italian
### Adjective

brille f pl
* feminine plural of brillo

## Latvian
### Noun

brille f
* nominative singular of brilles (rarely used)

## Norman
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

brille f (plural brilles)
* (Jersey) brill

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From German Low German brille.

### Noun

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

#### Usage notes

Mostly used in the plural form.

#### Derived terms

* snøbrille
* solbrille
* svømmebrille
* vernebrille

### References

* “brille” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From German Low German brille.

### Noun

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

#### Usage notes

Mostly used in the plural form.

#### Derived terms

* snøbrille
* solbrille
* vernebrille

### References

* “brille” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Spanish
### Verb

brille
* inflection of brillar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative