Meanings
nounreading glasses pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlyAny type of spectacles intended chiefly to deal with the effects of presbyopia by magnifying details such as fine text.
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Arabic نظارة طبية
- نظارة طبيةspectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia
Chinese Cantonese 老花鏡 /老花镜, 老花眼鏡 /老花眼镜
- 老花鏡 /老花镜 (lou⁵ faa¹ geng³)spectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia
- 老花眼鏡 /老花眼镜spectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia
Chinese Mandarin 老花鏡 /老花镜, 花鏡 /花镜
- 老花鏡 /老花镜 (lǎohuājìng)spectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia
- 花鏡 /花镜 (huājìng)spectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia
- 老花眼鏡 /老花眼镜 (lǎohuā yǎnjìng)spectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia
Danish læsebriller
- læsebrillerspectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia
Dutch leesbril
- leesbrilspectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia
Estonian lugemisprillid
- lugemisprillidspectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia
Finnish lukulasit
- lukulasitspectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia
French lunettes de lecture
- lunettes de lecturespectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia
German Lesebrille
- Lesebrillespectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia
Hungarian olvasószemüveg
- olvasószemüvegspectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia
Italian occhiali da lettura, occhiali per leggere
- occhiali da letturaspectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia
- occhiali per leggerespectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia
Japanese 老(ろう)眼(がん)鏡
- 老(ろう)眼(がん)鏡 (rōgankyō)spectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia
Korean 돋보기 안경, 돋보기
- 돋보기 안경 (dotbogi an'gyeong)spectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia
- 돋보기 (dotbogi)spectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia
Polish okulary do czytania
- okulary do czytaniaspectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia
Romanian ochelari de citit
- ochelari de cititspectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia
Russian очки́ для чте́ния
- очки́ для чте́ния (očkí dlja čténija)spectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia
Spanish anteojos para leer, gafas para leer
- anteojos para leerspectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia
- gafas para leerspectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia
- gafas de lecturaspectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia
Swedish läsglasögon
- läsglasögonspectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia
Vietnamese kính đọc sách
- kính đọc sáchspectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia
Cite this entry
APA
reading glasses. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reading%20glasses
MLA
“reading glasses.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reading%20glasses. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reading glasses,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reading%20glasses.
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