"eyeglasses" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈaɪ.ɡlæsɪz/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-eyeglasses.wav [US]
Etymology: eye + glasses Etymology templates: {{compound|en|eye|glasses}} eye + glasses Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} eyeglasses pl (plural only)
  1. (US) Spectacles, glasses. Tags: US, plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Glasses Synonyms: eye-glasses Derived forms: pair of eyeglasses Related terms: lorgnette, lorgnon
    Sense id: en-eyeglasses-en-noun-7sQWLDYf Disambiguation of Glasses: 75 25 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈaɪ.ɡlæsɪz/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-eyeglasses.wav [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} eyeglasses
  1. Plural of eyeglass. Tags: form-of, plural Form of: eyeglass
    Sense id: en-eyeglasses-en-noun-3EZgidbo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for eyeglasses meaning in English (3.3kB)

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