Masculine
Meaning

  1. (in-variation, invariable, masculine, nonstandard, plural, plural-only, singular, sometimes) glasses, spectacles
  2. (form-of, in-variation, invariable, masculine, nonstandard, plural, plural-only, singular, sometimes) plural of óculo

óculo

  1. (in-plural, masculine) glasses, (formal) spectacles, (US) eyeglass
  2. (masculine) oculus
  3. (masculine) peephole, (UK) spyhole

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɔ.ku.lus/
Etymology

In summary

Plural of óculo, borrowed from Latin oculus (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-. Cognate of the inherited olho.

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