Brille

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German brille, berille, from berillus (“beryl”), from Latin beryllus (“beryl”). Compare dialectal English brills (“spectacles”). Meaning 3 ("toilet seat") 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) 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 “Brille” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Brille” in Duden online Brille on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de == Pennsylvania German == === Noun === Brille plural of Brill