sunglasses

sunglasses

English

A pair of sunglasses.

Alternative forms

• sun-glasses

Etymology

sun +‎ glasses

Pronunciation

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Noun

sunglasses pl (plural only)

1. Tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun.
   • 1997, Carlin, George, Brain Droppings‎, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, LCCN 96-52373, OCLC 36084460, OL 26335012M, page 75:

     It is impossible to know accurately how you look in your sunglasses.

2. (colloquial) A person wearing sunglasses
   • 2011, Fun - We Are Young

     My seat’s been taken by some sunglasses asking 'bout a scar

Synonyms

• shades (slang)
• sunnies (Australian slang)
• cooling glasses (Indian)
• smoked glasses, smoked spectacles (dated)

Translations

tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun

Albanian: syze dielli Arabic: نَظَّارَة شَمْسِيَّة‎ f (naẓẓāra šamsiyya), نَظَّارَة شَمْس‎ f (naẓẓārat šams) Hijazi Arabic: نَظَّارة‎ f (naḍḍāra), نَظَّارة شمسيَّة‎ f (naḍḍāra šamsiyya) Armenian: արեւային ակնոց (arewayin aknocʿ) Azerbaijani: gün eynəyi Belarusian: со́нечныя акуля́ры m pl (sónječnyja akuljáry), цёмныя акуля́ры m pl (cjómnyja akuljáry), сонцаахо́ўныя акуля́ры m pl (soncaaxóŭnyja akuljáry) (formal) Bengali: রোদ চশমা (rod côśma) Bulgarian: слъ́нчеви очила́ pl (slǎ́nčevi očilá) Burmese: မျက်မှန် (my) (myakhman) Catalan: ulleres de sol f pl Chinese: Cantonese: 太陽眼鏡, 太阳眼镜 (taai3 joeng4 ngaan5 geng6-2), 太陽鏡, 太阳镜 (taai3 joeng4 geng6), 墨鏡, 墨镜 (mak6 geng3), 黑超 (hak1 ciu1) Mandarin: 太陽眼鏡 (zh), 太阳眼镜 (zh) (tàiyáng yǎnjìng), 太陽鏡 (zh), 太阳镜 (zh) (tàiyáng jìng), 墨鏡 (zh), 墨镜 (zh) (mòjìng) Min Nan: 烏仁目鏡 (zh-min-nan), 乌仁目镜 (o͘-jîn-ba̍k-kiàⁿ, o͘-lîn-ba̍k-kiàⁿ), 烏目鏡, 乌目镜 (o͘-ba̍k-kiàⁿ), 烏晶目鏡, 乌晶目镜 (o͘-cheⁿ-ba̍k-kiàⁿ, o͘-chiⁿ-ba̍k-kiàⁿ) Czech: sluneční brýle pl Danish: solbriller (da) c pl Dutch: zonnebril (nl) m Esperanto: sunokulvitroj Estonian: päikeseprillid (et) pl, päikseprillid pl Faroese: sólbrillur f pl Finnish: aurinkolasit (fi) pl French: lunettes de soleil (fr) f pl Galician: lentes de sol (gl) f pl Georgian: მზის სათვალე (mzis satvale) German: Sonnenbrille (de) f Greek: γυαλιά ηλίου n pl (gyaliá ilíou) Greenlandic: please add this translation if you can Gujarati: તડકાનાં ચશ્માં (taḍkānā̃ caśmā̃) Hebrew: משקפי־שמש‎ m pl (mishkafé shémesh) Hindi: धूप का चश्मा m (dhūp kā caśmā) Hungarian: napszemüveg (hu) Icelandic: sólgleraugu (is) n pl Indonesian: kacamata hitam Italian: occhiali da sole m pl Japanese: サングラス (sangurasu) Khmer: វ៉ែនតាស្រទំ (vaen taa srɑtum), វ៉ែនតាសំរាប់ថ្ងៃ (vaen taa sɑmrap thngay) Korean: 색안경(色眼鏡) (ko) (saegan'gyeong), 선글라스 (ko) (seon'geullaseu), 썬글라스 (ko) (sseon'geullaseu) Lao: ແວ່ນຕາກັນແດດ (wǣn tā kan dǣt) Latvian: saulesbrilles f pl Lithuanian: akiniai nuo saulės pl Lule Sami: biejvvetjalmmeglása Luxembourgish: Sonnebrëll (lb) m Macedonian: очила за сонце n pl (očila za sonce), темни очила n pl (temni očila) Malay: cermin mata hitam Maltese: nuċċali tax-xemx m Maori: mōhiti ārai hihirā Mongolian: Cyrillic: нарны шил (narny šil) Navajo: nákʼee sinilí łizhinígíí, nákʼee sinilí diłhiłígíí Norman: leunettes d'solé f pl Northern Sami: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: solbrille m or f Persian: عینک آفتابی‎ ('eynak-e âftâbi) Polish: okulary słoneczne m pl, okulary przeciwsłoneczne (pl) m pl (formal) Portuguese: óculos de sol m pl, óculos escuros m pl Romanian: ochelari de soare Russian: со́лнечные очки́ (ru) n pl (sólnečnyje očkí), тёмные очки́ n pl (tjómnyje očkí), со̀лнцезащи́тные очки́ n pl (sòlncezaščítnyje očkí) (formal) Scottish Gaelic: speuclairean-grèine m pl, glainneachan-grèine f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: сунчане наочале f, сунчане наочаре f pl Roman: sunčane naočale f pl, sunčane naočare f pl Slovak: slnečné okuliare m pl Slovene: sončna očala pl Spanish: gafas de sol (es) f pl, gafas (es) f pl (Caribbean), lentes de sol m pl, anteojos de sol m pl, lentes oscuros m pl Swahili: miwani ya jua Swedish: solglasögon (sv) n pl, solbrillor (sv) c pl (colloquial) Tajik: айнаки офтобӣ (aynaki oftobī) Thai: แว่นกันแดด (th) (wɛ̂n-gan-dɛ̀ɛt) Turkish: güneş gözlüğü (tr) Ukrainian: со́нячні окуля́ри m pl (sónjačni okuljáry), те́мні окуля́ри m pl (témni okuljáry), сонцезахисні́ окуля́ри m pl (soncezaxysní okuljáry) (formal) Vietnamese: kính râm (vi)