pair of eyeglasses

English

Noun

pair of eyeglasses (plural pairs of eyeglasses)

1. A pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight or to ornament the face.

Synonyms

• eyeglasses (US)
• glasses
• pair of glasses
• spectacles
• pair of specs (colloquial)
• pair of spectacles
• specs (colloquial)

Translations

a pair of lenses set in a frame

• Czech: brýle (cs) f pl
• Danish: brille (da) c
• Dutch: bril (nl) m
• Faroese: brillur (fo) f pl
• Finnish: silmälasit (fi)
• French: lunettes (fr) f pl
• German: Brille (de) f
• Greek: ματογυάλια (el) (matoyialia) n pl, γυαλιά (el) (yialia) n pl
• Hebrew: משקפיים (he) m pl
• Hindi: ऐनक (hi)
• Icelandic: gleraugu (is) n pl
• Italian: occhiali (it) m pl
• Japanese: 眼鏡 (めがね, megané)

• Malayalam: കണ്ണട (kaNNata)
• Persian: عینک (einak)
• Polish: okulary (pl) m pl
• Portuguese: óculos (pt) m pl
• Romanian: ochelari (ro) m pl
• Scottish Gaelic: glainneachan f pl
• Spanish: anteojos m pl (Latin America), espejuelos m pl (Cuba, Puerto Rico), gafas f pl (especially Colombia, Dominican Republic, Spain), lentes m pl (Latin America)
• Swahili: miwani pl (noun 4)
• Swedish: glasögon (sv)
• Telugu: కళ్ళజోడు (kaLLajODu)
• West Frisian: bril (fy) n

See also

• bespectacled
• bifocals
• contact, contact lens
• eyepiece
• lens
• monocle
• pince-nez
• shades
• sunglasses
• sunnies
• varifocals
• Wikipedia article on spectacles
• Wikipedia article on names for types of spectacles