óculos

See also: oculos

Portuguese

óculos (noun 1 sense 1)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin oculuslbor.

Portuguese óculo

Portuguese óculos

Plural of óculo, a learned borrowing from Latin oculus (“eye”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-. Doublet of olhos, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ku.lus/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ku.lus/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ku.luʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ku.luʃ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: -ɔkulus
• Hyphenation: ó‧cu‧los

Noun

óculos m pl or (nonstandard) m (sometimes plural only, in variation, invariable)

2. glasses, spectacles

Noun

óculos

1. plural of óculo

Further reading

• “óculos”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈokulos/ [ˈo.ku.los]
• Rhymes: -okulos
• Syllabification: ó‧cu‧los

Noun

óculos

1. plural of óculo