sunglasses

English

A pair of sunglasses.

Alternative forms

sun-glasses

Etymology

sun +‎ glasses

Pronunciation

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Noun

sunglasses pl (plural only)

Tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun.
- 1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings‎, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 75:
  It is impossible to know accurately how you look in your sunglasses.
(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)
sunspecs (informal)

Derived terms

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 aknocʻ)
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 (rōd cośma)
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 geng^6-2), 太陽鏡／太阳镜 (taai³ joeng⁴ geng⁶), 墨鏡／墨镜 (mak⁶ geng³), 黑超 (hak¹ ciu¹)

Hokkien: 烏仁目鏡／乌仁目镜 (zh-min-nan) (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)

Mandarin: 太陽眼鏡／太阳眼镜 (zh) (tàiyáng yǎnjìng), 太陽鏡／太阳镜 (zh) (tàiyáng jìng), 墨鏡／墨镜 (zh) (mòjìng)
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: מִשְׁקְפֵי שֶׁמֶשׁ (he) m pl (mishq'féiy-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 (ja) (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 (pt) 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)
Tamil: கறுப்புக் கண்ணாடி (kaṟuppuk kaṇṇāṭi)
Telugu: కూలింగ్ గ్లాసు (kūliṅg glāsu)
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), kiếng mát, kính mát
Yiddish: זונברילן f pl (zunbriln)

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