bril

== English == === Noun === bril (plural brils) A unit of luminance equal to 1 10 7 π {\displaystyle {\tfrac {1}{10^{7}\pi }}} candela per square metre. === See also === brill === Anagrams === birl == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch bril, from Middle Dutch beril (“beryl”), from Latin beryllus (“beryl”), from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /brəl/ === Noun === bril (plural brille, diminutive brilletjie) A pair of glasses. ==== Derived terms ==== brildraer leesbril sonbril veiligheidsbril ==== Descendants ==== → Sotho: borele == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch beril (“beryl”), from Latin beryllus (“beryl”), from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos), from Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sanskrit वैडूर्य (vaiḍūrya, “a cat's eye gem; a jewel”)), from Dravidian. Probably named after the city Velur (modern day Belur) in southern India. The first glasses, manufactured in Italy around 1300, were made of beryl. The meaning “toilet seat” is newer and derived from the similarity in shape to a single eyeglass. The word thus forms a doublet of beril (“beryl”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /brɪl/ Hyphenation: bril Rhymes: -ɪl === Noun === bril m (plural brillen, diminutive brilletje n) a pair of glasses or goggles (obsolete) a telescope anything of similar shape a pattern on various animal species, often named after it a toilet seat (obsolete) a lunette, small fortification element ==== Synonyms ==== (optical instrument): kijker, telescoop, verrekijker (toilet seat): wc-bril, toiletbril ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: bril→ Sotho: borele Jersey Dutch: bräl → Papiamentu: brel → Saramaccan: beéi → Sranan Tongo: brel, breri == West Frisian == === Etymology === Borrowing from Middle Dutch beril (“beryl”), from Latin beryllus (“beryl”), from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos), from Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sanskrit वैडूर्य (vaiḍūrya, “a cat's eye gem; a jewel”)), from Dravidian. Probably named after the city Velur (modern day Belur) in southern India. The first glasses, manufactured in Italy around 1300, were made of beryl. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbrɪl/ === Noun === bril c (plural brillen, diminutive briltsje) glasses ==== Derived terms ==== sinnebril ==== Further reading ==== “bril (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011