spectacles

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Noun

spectacles pl (plural only)

plural of spectacle
(plural only, formal) 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 eyeglasses (US), pair of glasses, pair of specs (colloquial), pair of spectacles, specs (colloquial)

Translations

plural of spectacle — see spectacle

a pair of lenses set in a frame

Afrikaans: bril (af)
Albanian: gjyzlykë (sq) f, syze (sq) f
Amharic: መነጽር (mänäṣr)
Arabic: نَظَّارَة‎ f (naẓẓāra)
Armenian: ակնոց (hy) (aknocʿ), օպտիկական ակնոց (ōptikakan aknocʿ)
Assamese: চছমা (sosma), চৌখা (soukha), বিতচকু (bitsoku)
Asturian: antegüeyos m pl
Azerbaijani: eynək, gözlük (az)
Bashkir: күҙлек (küðlek)
Basque: betaurreko (eu)
Belarusian: акуля́ры pl (akuljáry)
Bengali: চশমা (bn) (côśma)
Bulgarian: очила́ (bg) pl (očilá)
Burmese: မျက်မှန် (my) (myakhman)
Catalan: ulleres (ca) m pl
Chinese:
Cantonese: 眼鏡, 眼镜 (ngaan⁵ geng³^-²)

Dungan: нянҗинзы (ni͡anžinzɨ)

Gan: 眼鏡子, 眼镜子 (ngan3 jiang4 zi)

Hakka: 目鏡, 目镜 (muk-kiang, mè-ka-né)

Mandarin: 眼鏡 (zh), 眼镜 (zh) (yǎnjìng), 眼鏡兒 (zh), 眼镜儿 (zh) (yǎnjìngr) (colloquial)

Min Dong: 眼鏡, 眼镜 (ngiāng-giáng)

Min Nan: 目鏡 (zh-min-nan), 目镜 (ba̍k-kiàⁿ), 眼鏡, 眼镜 (gán-kiàⁿ)

Wu: 眼鏡, 眼镜 (nge jin)
Czech: brýle (cs) f pl
Danish: briller (da) c pl
Dutch: bril (nl) m
Esperanto: okulvitroj (eo)
Estonian: prillid (et) pl
Faroese: brillur f pl
Finnish: silmälasit (fi)
French: lunettes (fr) f pl, barniques (fr) f pl (slang, Canada), binocles (fr) m pl, bésicles (fr) pl
Galician: anteollos (gl) m
Georgian: სათვალე (satvale)
German: Brille (de) f
Alemannic German: Augenspiegel m
Greek: γυαλιά (el) n pl (gyaliá), ματογυάλια (el) n pl (matogyália) (dated)
Greenlandic: isarussat
Haitian Creole: linèt
Hebrew: מִשְׁקָפַיִם \ משקפיים‎ (he) m pl (mishkafáyim)
Hindi: ऐनक (hi) f (ainak), चश्मा (hi) m (caśmā)
Hungarian: szemüveg (hu)
Icelandic: gleraugu (is) n pl
Ido: binoklo (io), orel-binoklo (io)
Indonesian: kacamata (id)
Ingrian: atškat pl
Irish: spéaclaí
Italian: occhiali (it) m pl
Japanese: 眼鏡 (ja) (めがね, megane, がんきょう, gankyō)
Kazakh: көзәйнек (közäynek), көзілдірік (kk) (közildirik), әйнек (äynek)
Khmer: ស្នងភ្នែក (snɑɑng phnɛɛk), វ៉ែនតា (km) (vaentaa)
Korean: 안경 (ko) (an-gyeong) (眼鏡 (ko))
Kyrgyz: көз айнек (ky) (köz aynek), айнек (ky) (aynek)
Lao: ແວ່ນຕາ (lo) (vǣn tā)

Latin: perspicillum n, vitra ocularia n pl
Latvian: brilles f, acenes f pl (dated)
Lithuanian: akiniai pl
Lü: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: о́чила n pl (óčila), нао́чари f pl (naóčari)
Malay: kaca mata, cermin mata
Malayalam: കണ്ണട (ml) (kaṇṇaṭa)
Maltese: nuċċalijiet pl
Maori: mōwhiti
Mongolian: нүдний шил (mn) (nüdnij šil)
Navajo: nákʼeesinilí, nákʼee sinilí
Nepali: please add this translation if you can
Norman: leunettes f pl (Jersey)
Norwegian: briller m pl
Okinawan: 眼鏡 (がんちょー, ganchoo, みーかがん, miikagan), 目眼鏡 (みーがんちょー, miiganchoo)
Pashto: عينکې‎ (ps) f pl (aynaké), چشمې‎ (ps) f pl (čašmé)
Persian: عینک‎ (fa) (eynak)
Polish: okulary (pl) m pl
Portuguese: óculos (pt) m pl
Romanian: ochelari (ro) m pl
Russian: очки́ (ru) n pl (očkí)
Rusyn: окулярї (okuljarji)
Sanskrit: उपनेत्र (sa) n (upanetra)
Scottish Gaelic: glainneachan f pl, speuclairean m pl
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: наочале f pl, наочаре f pl

Roman: naočale (sh) f pl, naočare (sh) f pl
Silesian: bryle f
Sinhalese: කන්නාඩිය (kannāḍiya), ඇස් කන්නාඩිය (æs kannāḍiya)
Slovak: okuliare pl
Slovene: očala (sl) pl
Spanish: (Latin America) anteojos (es) m pl, (Cuba, Puerto Rico) espejuelos (es) m pl, (especially Colombia, Dominican Republic, Spain) gafas (es) f pl, (Latin America) lentes (es) m pl
Swahili: miwani (sw) pl (noun 4)
Swedish: glasögon (sv) pl
Tagalog: salamin sa mata
Tajik: айнак (tg) (aynak)
Tatar: күзлек (tt) (küzlek)
Telugu: కళ్ళజోడు (kaḷḷajōḍu)
Thai: แว่นตา (th) (wɛ̂n-dtaa)
Tibetan: མིག་ཤེལ (mig shel)
Turkish: gözlük (tr)
Turkmen: äýnek
Ukrainian: окуля́ри pl (okuljáry)
Urdu: عینک‎ f (ainak), چشمہ‎ m (caśma)
Uyghur: كۆزەينەك‎ (közeynek)
Uzbek: koʻzoynak (uz), oynak (uz)
Vietnamese: kính (vi), mắt kính, kính mắt (vi)
Votic: silmiklaazid pl
Welsh: sbectol (cy), sbectolau (cy) f pl
West Frisian: bril (fy) n
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: ברילן‎ (briln)
Zhuang: gingqda, nganxciuq (dialectal), nganxgingq (dialectal), giengqha (dialectal), giengqda (dialectal), yangzgingq (dialectal)

French

Noun

spectacles m

plural of spectacle

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