brille

See also: Brille and brillé

English

Brilles visible in the exuvia of head and neck of a large grass snake

Noun

brille (plural brilles)

  1. A transparent scale that covers the eye of a snake. Whenever the snake changes its skin in the act of ecdysis, the brille gets shed as part of the old skin, the exuvia.

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Anagrams

Asturian

Verb

brille

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of brillar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of brillar

French

Verb

brille

  1. first-person singular present indicative of briller
  2. third-person singular present indicative of briller
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of briller
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of briller
  5. second-person singular imperative of briller

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

  • prile (Portuguese based orthography)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprilə/

Verb

brille

  1. to cry
    • 1874, Peter Joseph Rottmann, Gedichte in Hunsrücker Mundart. 4. Auflage, R. Voigtländer, Kreuznach, p. 4:
      Tobich Mensch! watt brauchste so se brille? / ’diß nau ähmol annerscht nitt mei Wille, / Unn eich honn Der’t jo schunn lang gesaht:

Inflection

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Further reading

Irish

Noun

brille f

  1. Alternative form of breall (“clitoris”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
brille bhrille mbrille
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Italian

Adjective

brille f pl

  1. Feminine plural of adjective brillo.

Latvian

Noun

brille f

  1. nominative singular form of brilles (rarely used)

Norman

Noun

brille f (plural brilles)

  1. (Jersey) brill

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Low German brille

Noun

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

  1. glasses, spectacles

Usage notes

Mostly used in the plural form.

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Low German brille

Noun

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

  1. glasses, spectacles

Usage notes

Mostly used in the plural form.

Derived terms

References

Spanish

Verb

brille

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of brillar.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of brillar.
  3. third-person singular imperative of brillar
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