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Brille.

glasses, spectacles (frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes to correct vision)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbʁɪlə/
  1. glasses, spectacles (frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes to correct vision)

    feminine
  2. goggles (protective eyewear set in a flexible frame to fit snugly against the face)

    feminine
  3. Ellipsis of Klobrille (“toilet seat”) (hinged, contoured seat with a hole in the middle, of a toilet)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · feminine
  4. nasal cannula for oxygen (clear plastic tubes for the delivery of oxygen to the nose)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

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.

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