lentilla

See also: Lentilla

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lentille. Compare llenteya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lenˈtiʎa/, [lẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʎa]
• Hyphenation: len‧ti‧lla

Noun

lentilla f (plural lentilles)

1. contact lens

Catalan

Inserting a contact lens.

Etymology

Borrowed from French lentille. Doublet of lentícula and the inherited llentilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [lənˈti.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [lenˈti.ʎa]

Noun

lentilla f (plural lentilles)

1. (often in plural) contact lens

   Synonyms: lent de contacte, lentícula

Related terms

• lent

Further reading

• “lentilla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “lentilla” in Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “lentilla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “lentilla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Spanish

Inserting a contact lens.

Etymology

Borrowed from French lentille. Doublet of the inherited lenteja.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lenˈtiʝa/ [lẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /lenˈtiʝa/ [lẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /lenˈtiʎa/ [lẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /lenˈtiʃa/ [lẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /lenˈtiʒa/ [lẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: len‧ti‧lla

Noun

lentilla f (plural lentillas)

1. (often in plural) contact lens

   Synonyms: lente de contacto, pupilente

Further reading

• “lentilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014