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glasses

/ˈspɛktəkl̩z/

a pair of lenses set in a frame

58 languages9 dialects

Dialect areas are approximate: a region shows the word most often given for it, while real word borders do not follow administrative ones.

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Brille, brýle, briller9 languages
occhiali, очки, naočale9 languages
okulary, окуляри, акуляры4 languages
көзәйнек, көз айнек, айнак4 languages
spectacles, spéaclaí2 languages
gözlük2 languages
antegüeyos, anteollos2 languages

Groups are automatic — by similar words, not from an etymological dictionary.

Spanish by region: lentes (Chile, Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela); espejuelos (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico).

In other languages: окуляри (Ukrainian), Brille (German), lunettes (French), gafas (Spanish), okulary (Polish).

Albanian
gjyzlykë
Also: syze
Arabic
نظارةnaẓẓāra
Armenian
ակնոցaknocʻ
Also: օպտիկական ակնոց
Asturian
antegüeyos
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Azerbaijani
gözlük
Also: çeşmək, eynək
Basque
betaurreko
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Belarusian
акулярыakuljáry
Bosnian
naočale≈
Also: naočare
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Bulgarian
очилаočilá
Catalan
ulleres
Croatian
naočale≈
Also: naočare
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Czech
brýle
Danish
briller
Dutch
bril
English
spectacles/ˈspɛktəkl̩z/
Estonian
prillid
Finnish
silmälasit
French
lunettes
Also: bésicles, binocles
Galician
anteollos
Also: lentes
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Georgian
სათვალეsatvale
German
Brille
Greek
γυαλιάgyaliá
Hebrew
מִשְׁקָפַיִם \ משקפייםmishkafáyim
Hindi
चश्माcaśmā
Also: उपनेत्र, ऐनक
Hungarian
szemüveg
Icelandic
gleraugu
Irish
spéaclaí
Also: gloiní
Italian
occhiali
Japanese
眼鏡
Kazakh
көзәйнекközäynek
Also: әйнек, көзілдірік
Korean
안경an'gyeong
Kyrgyz
көз айнекköz aynek
Also: айнек
Latin
perspicillum
Also: vitra ocularia
Latvian
brilles
Lithuanian
akiniai
Macedonian
очилаočila
Also: наочари
Maltese
nuċċalijiet
Mongolian
нүдний шилnüdnii šil
Also: ᠨᠢᠳᠦᠨ ᠦ ᠰᠢᠯ
Norwegian Bokmål
brille
Polish
okulary
Portuguese
óculos
Romanian
ochelari
Russian
очкиočkí
Scottish Gaelic
glainneachan
Also: speuclairean
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Serbian
наочале
Also: наочаре
Sicilian
lenti
Also: acchiali, ucchiala
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Silesian
bryle
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Slovak
okuliare
Slovene
očala
Spanish
gafas
Also: anteojos, gafa
Spanish (Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay)
anteojos≈
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Spanish (Central America)
anteojos≈
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Spanish (Chile)
lentes≈
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Spanish (Colombia)
gafas≈
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Spanish (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico)
espejuelos≈
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Spanish (Mexico)
lentes≈
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Spanish (Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador)
lentes≈
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Spanish (Spain)
gafas≈
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Spanish (Venezuela)
lentes≈
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Swedish
glasögon
Tajik
айнакaynak
Turkish
gözlük
Turkmen
äýnek
Ukrainian
окуляриokuljáry
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Uzbek
koʻzoynak
Also: oynak
Welsh
sbectol
Also: glasys, gwydrau
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West Frisian
bril
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