Sunglasses

English

Noun

1. Tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun.

Thesaurus

Polaroid glasses, bifocals, blinkers, cheaters, colored glasses, contact lens, dark glasses, divided spectacles, eyeglass, eyeglasses, eyeshade, eyeshield, glasses, goggles, granny glasses, harlequin glasses, horn-rimmed glasses, lorgnette, lorgnon, mini-specs, monocle, nippers, pair of glasses, peepers, quizzing glass, readers, reading glasses, shades, smoked glasses, specs, spectacles, sun-specs, trifocals, visor

Alternative forms

• sun-glasses

Etymology

sun + glasses

Pronunciation

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Synonyms

• shades (slang)
• sunnies (Australian slang)

Translations

tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun

Arabic: نظارات شمسية (ar) (naZZaraat shamsíyya) f. pl. Catalan: ulleres de sol (ca) f. pl. Chinese: Mandarin: 太陽眼鏡 (cmn), 太阳眼镜 (cmn) (tàiyáng yǎnjìng), 太陽鏡 (cmn), 太阳镜 (cmn) (tàiyáng jìng) Czech: sluneční brýle (cs) pl. Danish: solbriller (da) Dutch: zonnebril (nl) Esperanto: sunokulvitro (eo) Finnish: aurinkolasit (fi) pl. French: lunettes de soleil (fr) f. pl. German: Sonnenbrille (de) f. Greek: γυαλιά ηλίου (yaliá ilíou) n. pl. Hebrew: משקפי־שמש (miškafé šémeš) m. pl. Hungarian: napszemüveg (hu) Italian: occhiali da sole (it) m. pl. Japanese: サングラス (ja) (sangurasu)

Korean: 색안경 (saegangyeong) Lithuanian: akiniai nuo saulės Macedonian: очила за сонце (mk) (óčila za sónce) n. pl., темни очила (mk) (témni óčila) n. pl. Maltese: nuċċali tax-xemx (mt) m. Norwegian: solbriller (no) Persian: عینک آفتابی (einak aaftaaby) Polish: okulary słoneczne m. pl., okulary przeciwsłoneczne m. pl. Portuguese: óculos de sol m. pl. Russian: солнечные очки (ru) (sólnečnyje očkí) n. pl., тёмные очки (ru) (tjómnyje očkí) n. pl. Scottish Gaelic: speuclairean-grèine (gd) m. pl., glainneachan-grèine (gd) f. Spanish: gafas de sol f. pl. Swedish: solglasögon (sv) Turkish: güneş gözlüğü (tr) Vietnamese: kính râm (vi)