brillor

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German brill, brille (cognate of German Brille), from Latin bēryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos). Doublet of beryll and briljant.

Noun

brillor c pl

1. (colloquial) glasses, spectacles

   Synonym: glasögon

Declension

Declension of brillor

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—
plural	indefinite	brillor	brillors
	definite	brillorna	brillornas

Derived terms

• hornbrillor
• snöbrillor
• solbrillor

References

• “brillor”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “brillor”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• brillor in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922).