okulvitroj
Esperanto
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paro da okulvitroj
(pair of eyeglasses)
(pair of eyeglasses)
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): [okulˈvitroj]
- Rhymes: -itroj
- Hyphenation: o‧kul‧vi‧troj
Noun
okulvitroj pl (accusative okulvitrojn)
- (plural only) eyeglasses, spectacles, pair of glasses
- 1963, Sándor Szathmári, “Honorigo”, in Satiraj rakontoj:
- — Ĉu vi ne estas miopa? — li demandis.
— Tute ne! — protestis Palva. — Mi legas ĉiam sen okulvitroj.- “Aren’t you nearsighted?”, he asked.
“Not at all,” Palva protested. “I always read without eyeglasses.”
- “Aren’t you nearsighted?”, he asked.
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- plural of okulvitro
Usage notes
- The first Esperanto dictionary, the Universala Vortaro, used plural okulvitroj for eyeglasses. The vicissitudes of usage have given the singular an identical meaning.
Synonyms
- okulvitro sg
- nazumo