spectacles

English

Folded spectacles with bicolour frame

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɛktəkl̩z/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: spec‧ta‧cles

Noun

spectacles

  1. plural of spectacle

Noun

spectacles pl (plural only, attributive spectacle)

  1. A 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.
    Alternative form: specs (colloquial)
    Synonyms: eyeglasses (US), glasses, pair of eyeglasses (US), pair of glasses, pair of specs (colloquial), pair of spectacles
    Meronyms: temple, earpiece, nosepiece, nose pad
    He needed to get new spectacles because his original ones had broken.
  2. (cricket, slang) Synonym of pair (“score of zero runs in both innings”).

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

French

Noun

spectacles m

  1. plural of spectacle