sunglasses

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sunglasses¹

noun sunglass · sun glasses · sun-glasses

  1. plural, plural only Tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun or other bright light, and may also be worn as a fashion accessory. It is impossible to know accurately how you look in your sunglasses.
  2. colloquial, plural, plural only A person wearing sunglasses My seat’s been taken by some sunglasses asking 'bout a scar

Similar: shades, sunnies, cooling glasses, smoked glasses, smoked spectacles, sunspecs

sunglasses²

Where it comes from

From sunglass + -es.

noun

  1. plural plural of sunglass (“type of lens”)

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: shades, dark glasses, goggles, eyeglasses, spectacles, specs, bifocals, ban, glasses, sunhat, sunsuit, sundown, shade cloth, parasol, umbrella, cheche

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noun tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun

Españolgafas de sol
한국어선글라스 seon'geullaseu, 썬글라스 sseon'geullaseu, 색안경 saegan'gyeong
日本語サングラス sangurasu
中文太陽眼鏡 /太阳眼镜 tàiyáng yǎnjìng, 太陽鏡 /太阳镜 tàiyáng jìng, 墨鏡 /墨镜 mòjìng
हिन्दीधूप का चश्मा dhūp kā caśmā, काला चश्मा kālā caśmā
Kiswahilimiwani ya jua
Portuguêsóculos de sol, óculos escuros
Françaislunettes de soleil
DeutschSonnenbrille
Italianoocchiali da sole
Ελληνικάγυαλιά ηλίου gyaliá ilíou
Românăochelari de soare
Русскийсо́лнечные очки́ sólnečnyje očkí, тёмные очки́ tjómnyje očkí, со̀лнцезащи́тные очки́ sòlncezaščítnyje očkí
Tiếng Việtkính râm, kiếng mát, kính mát
العربيةنَظَّارَة شَمْسِيَّة naẓẓāra šamsiyya, نَظَّارَة شَمْس naẓẓārat šams
עבריתמִשְׁקְפֵי שֶׁמֶשׁ mishkefé shémesh

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@misc{sunglasses_2026,
  title = {sunglasses},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sunglasses},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}