Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
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Probably from goggle, from the appearance it gives the wearer.
goggles pl (plural only)
- Protective eyewear set in a flexible frame to fit snugly against the face.
Goggles must be worn in the swimming pool.
We had to put on our goggles as it was snowing outside.
1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 31:Regretted that I had not provided myself with goggles, as the road is so constantly traveled that the dust became a most serious nuisance.
- Blinds for shying horses.
- (slang) Glasses; spectacles.
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Translations
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protective eyewear
- Bulgarian: предпазни очила n pl (predpazni očila)
- Catalan: ulleres de protecció f pl
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 護目鏡／护目镜 (zh) (hùmùjìng), 護眼鏡／护眼镜 (hù yǎnjìng), 風鏡／风镜 (zh) (fēngjìng) (esp. wind)
- Dutch: veiligheidsbril (nl) m, beschermende brillen m pl, stofbril (nl) m
- Finnish: suojalasit pl, silmäsuojat pl
- French: lunettes de protection f pl
- German: Schutzbrille (de) f
- Greek: προστατευτικά δίοπτρα pl (prostateftiká díoptra), προστατευτικά δίοπτρα pl (prostateftiká díoptra)
- Interlingua: berillos protective
- Italian: occhiali di protezione m pl, occhiali protettivi m pl
- Japanese: ゴーグル (ja) (gōguru)
- Korean: 고글 (gogeul)
- Maori: mō(w)hiti haumaru
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: vernebrille m or f
- Nynorsk: vernebrille f
- Polish: gogle (pl) m pl, okulary ochronne m pl
- Portuguese: óculos de proteção m pl
- Russian: защи́тные очки́ n pl (zaščítnyje očkí), (neologism) го́глы (ru) m pl (gógly)
- Slovak: ochranné okuliare m pl
- Spanish: anteojos de protección m pl, gafas de protección f pl, anteojos (es) m pl, gafas de aviador m pl
- Swedish: skyddsglasögon (sv) pl
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Etymology 2
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goggles
- plural of goggle
Etymology 3
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goggles
- third-person singular simple present indicative of goggle
