Brille

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German brille, berille, from berillus (“beryl”), from Latin beryllus (“beryl”). Compare dialectal English brills (“spectacles”). The "toilet seat" sense is derived in analogy with the usually round shape of spectacle frames surrounding the glass, just as a toilet seat surrounds the toilet hole. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʁɪlə/ === Noun === Brille f (genitive Brille, plural Brillen) (pair of) glasses, spectacles (frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes to correct vision) (pair of) goggles (protective eyewear set in a flexible frame to fit snugly against the face) Ellipsis of Klobrille (“toilet seat”) (hinged, contoured seat with a hole in the middle, of a toilet) (medicine) nasal cannula for oxygen (clear plastic tubes for the delivery of oxygen to the nose) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Czech: brýle → Danish: briller pl → Kashubian: brële → Lower Sorbian: bryla → Polish: bryle → Swedish: brillor pl === Further reading === “Brille”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Brille” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Brille” in Duden online Brille on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de == Pennsylvania German == === Noun === Brille plural of Brill