Meanings
noun
- pluralplural of spectacle
nounspectacles pl (plural only, attributive spectacle)
attributive spectacle
- pluralplural onlyA 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.
He needed to get new spectacles because his original ones had broken.
Synonyms: eyeglasses, glasses, pair of eyeglasses, pair of glasses, pair of specs, pair of spectacles
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
nounSynonym of pair (“score of zero runs in both innings”).
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noun(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
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optical instrument
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans bril
- brila pair of lenses set in a frame
Arabic نَظَّارَة
- نَظَّارَة (naẓẓāra)a pair of lenses set in a frame
Basque betaurreko
- betaurrekoa pair of lenses set in a frame
Bengali চশমা
- চশমা (cośma)a pair of lenses set in a frame
Bulgarian очила́
- очила́ (očilá)a pair of lenses set in a frame
Catalan ulleres
- ulleresa pair of lenses set in a frame
Chinese Cantonese 眼鏡 /眼镜
- 眼鏡 /眼镜a pair of lenses set in a frame
Chinese Mandarin 眼鏡 /眼镜, 眼鏡兒 /眼镜儿
- 眼鏡 /眼镜 (yǎnjìng)a pair of lenses set in a frame
- 眼鏡兒 /眼镜儿 (yǎnjìngr)a pair of lenses set in a frame
Czech brýle
- brýlea pair of lenses set in a frame
Danish briller
- brillera pair of lenses set in a frame
Dutch bril
- brila pair of lenses set in a frame
Esperanto okulvitro, okulvitroj
- okulvitroa pair of lenses set in a frame
- okulvitroja pair of lenses set in a frame
Estonian prillid
- prillida pair of lenses set in a frame
Finnish silmälasit
- silmälasita pair of lenses set in a frame
French lunettes, barniques
- lunettesa pair of lenses set in a frame
- barniquesa pair of lenses set in a frame
- binoclesa pair of lenses set in a frame
- bésiclesa pair of lenses set in a frame
German Brille
- Brillea pair of lenses set in a frame
Greek γυαλιά, ματογυάλια
- γυαλιά (gyaliá)a pair of lenses set in a frame
- ματογυάλια (matogyália)a pair of lenses set in a frame
Hawaiian makaaniani
- makaaniania pair of lenses set in a frame
Hebrew מִשְׁקָפַיִם \ משקפיים
- מִשְׁקָפַיִם \ משקפיים (mishkafáyim)a pair of lenses set in a frame
Hindi ऐनक, चश्मा
- ऐनक (ainak)a pair of lenses set in a frame
- चश्मा (caśmā)a pair of lenses set in a frame
- उपनेत्र (upnetra)a pair of lenses set in a frame
Hungarian szemüveg
- szemüvega pair of lenses set in a frame
Icelandic gleraugu
- gleraugua pair of lenses set in a frame
Indonesian kacamata
- kacamataa pair of lenses set in a frame
Irish spéaclaí, gloiní
- spéaclaía pair of lenses set in a frame
- gloinía pair of lenses set in a frame
Italian occhiali
- occhialia pair of lenses set in a frame
Japanese 眼鏡
- 眼鏡a pair of lenses set in a frame
Korean 안경
- 안경 (an'gyeong)a pair of lenses set in a frame
Latin perspicillum, vitra ocularia
- perspicilluma pair of lenses set in a frame
- vitra oculariaa pair of lenses set in a frame
Latvian brilles, acenes
- brillesa pair of lenses set in a frame
- acenesa pair of lenses set in a frame
Lithuanian akiniai
- akiniaia pair of lenses set in a frame
Malay kaca mata, cermin mata
- kaca mataa pair of lenses set in a frame
- cermin mataa pair of lenses set in a frame
Māori mōwhiti
- mōwhitia pair of lenses set in a frame
Norwegian Bokmål brille
- brillea pair of lenses set in a frame
Polish okulary
- okularya pair of lenses set in a frame
Portuguese óculos
- óculosa pair of lenses set in a frame
Punjabi ਐਨਕ, عَینَک
- ਐਨਕ (ainak)a pair of lenses set in a frame
- عَینَک (ʻainak)a pair of lenses set in a frame
Romanian ochelari
- ochelaria pair of lenses set in a frame
Russian очки́
- очки́ (očkí)a pair of lenses set in a frame
Scottish Gaelic glainneachan, speuclairean
- glainneachana pair of lenses set in a frame
- speuclaireana pair of lenses set in a frame
Slovak okuliare
- okuliarea pair of lenses set in a frame
Spanish gafas, gafa
- gafasa pair of lenses set in a frame
- gafaa pair of lenses set in a frame
- anteojosa pair of lenses set in a frame
- lentesa pair of lenses set in a frame
- espejuelosa pair of lenses set in a frame
Swahili miwani
- miwania pair of lenses set in a frame
Swedish glasögon
- glasögona pair of lenses set in a frame
Tagalog salamin sa mata
- salamin sa mataa pair of lenses set in a frame
Tamil கண்ணாடி, தண்ணாடி
- கண்ணாடி (kaṇṇāṭi)a pair of lenses set in a frame
- தண்ணாடி (taṇṇāṭi)a pair of lenses set in a frame
Thai แว่นตา
- แว่นตา (wɛ̂n-dtaa)a pair of lenses set in a frame
Turkish gözlük
- gözlüka pair of lenses set in a frame
Ukrainian окуля́ри
- окуля́ри (okuljáry)a pair of lenses set in a frame
Urdu عَینَک, چَشْمَہ
- عَینَک ('ainak)a pair of lenses set in a frame
- چَشْمَہ (caśma)a pair of lenses set in a frame
Vietnamese kính, mắt kính
- kínha pair of lenses set in a frame
- mắt kínha pair of lenses set in a frame
- kính mắta pair of lenses set in a frame
Welsh sbectol, gwydrau
- sbectola pair of lenses set in a frame
- gwydraua pair of lenses set in a frame
- glasysa pair of lenses set in a frame
Yiddish ברילן
- ברילן (briln)a pair of lenses set in a frame
Cite this entry
APA
spectacles. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spectacles
MLA
“spectacles.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spectacles. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spectacles,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spectacles.
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