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spectacle

Senso (Inglese)

  1. An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.
  2. An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation.
  3. (attributive, form-of) Attributive form of spectacles.
  4. The brille of a snake.
  5. A frame with different coloured lenses on a semaphore signal through which light from a lamp shines at night, often a part of the signal arm.

Frequenza

C2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈspɛktəkl̩/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

From Middle English spectacle, from Middle French spectacle, from Latin spectāculum (“a show, spectacle”), from spectō (“to see, behold”), frequentative of speciō (“to see”). See species. Doublet of spectaculum.

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