briller

Danish

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

briller

1. (plural only) glasses, spectacles

Declension

Inflection of briller

gender	Plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	briller	brillerne
genitive	brillers	brillernes

Noun

briller

1. indefinite plural of brille

Dutch

Etymology

From bril +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɪ.lər/
• Hyphenation: bril‧ler
• Rhymes: -ɪlər

Noun

briller m (plural brillers)

1. (uncommon) person wearing glasses
   • 1978, Edgar Cairo, Djari/Erven, page 55:

     ’Brillers, verzorgt uw ogen met zorg! […] '

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   • 1986, Kees van Kooten, Wim de Bie, “Mens durf te brillen!”, in Het groot bescheurboek. Een bloemlezing van de tussen 1973 en 1986 verschenen Bescheurkalenders, page 30:

     Ik hèb ook wel een bril, voor bij de teevee thuis, in de auto en in de bioskoop of het theater (een mooi toneelstuk) maar het is dus niet zo dat ik 's ochtends meteen m'n bril opzet, zoals de echte briller doet.

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   • 2016 February 21, Nele De Meyer, “Eline De Munck: “Afhankelijk zijn van de media maakte me onrustig. Dat wilde ik niet langer””, in Het Laatste Nieuws:

     “ […] Er zijn twee soorten brillers: de mensen die één worden met hun bril en de mensen die van bril wisselen naargelang hun gemoed of outfit. Ik behoor duidelijk tot die tweede categorie.”

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian brillare, of uncertain origin, but possibly a derivative of Latin beryllus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁi.je/

• Audio (France):

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Verb

briller

1. (intransitive) to shine, to sparkle
   • 2018, Zaz, On s'en remet jamais:

     Est-ce que la lumière reviendra ? Est-ce qu’on retrouvera le sommeil ? Y aura-t-il un nouveau soleil, quelqu’un d’autre qui brillera ?

     Will the light return? Will we get back to sleep? Will there be a new sun, someone else who will shine?

   • 1996, Noir Désir, À ton étoile:

     Dis-toi qu’il n’est pas loin, et qu’on y brille, à ton étoile.

     Tell yourself that it's not far, and that we'll shine there, at your star.

Conjugation

Conjugation of briller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	briller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	brillant /bʁi.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		brillé /bʁi.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	brille /bʁij/	brilles /bʁij/	brille /bʁij/	brillons /bʁi.jɔ̃/	brillez /bʁi.je/	brillent /bʁij/
	imperfect	brillais /bʁi.jɛ/	brillais /bʁi.jɛ/	brillait /bʁi.jɛ/	brillions /bʁij.jɔ̃/	brilliez /bʁij.je/	brillaient /bʁi.jɛ/
	past historic2	brillai /bʁi.je/	brillas /bʁi.ja/	brilla /bʁi.ja/	brillâmes /bʁi.jam/	brillâtes /bʁi.jat/	brillèrent /bʁi.jɛʁ/
	future	brillerai /bʁij.ʁe/	brilleras /bʁij.ʁa/	brillera /bʁij.ʁa/	brillerons /bʁij.ʁɔ̃/	brillerez /bʁij.ʁe/	brilleront /bʁij.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	brillerais /bʁij.ʁɛ/	brillerais /bʁij.ʁɛ/	brillerait /bʁij.ʁɛ/	brillerions /bʁi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	brilleriez /bʁi.jə.ʁje/	brilleraient /bʁij.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	brille /bʁij/	brilles /bʁij/	brille /bʁij/	brillions /bʁij.jɔ̃/	brilliez /bʁij.je/	brillent /bʁij/
	imperfect2	brillasse /bʁi.jas/	brillasses /bʁi.jas/	brillât /bʁi.ja/	brillassions /bʁi.ja.sjɔ̃/	brillassiez /bʁi.ja.sje/	brillassent /bʁi.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	brille /bʁij/	—	brillons /bʁi.jɔ̃/	brillez /bʁi.je/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• brillance
• brillant
• briller de mille feux
• briller par son absence
• tout ce qui brille n’est pas or

Further reading

• “briller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

briller m or f

1. indefinite plural of brille

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

briller f

1. indefinite plural of brille