lentilla

See also: Lentilla

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lentille. Compare llenteya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lenˈtiʎa/ [lẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʎa]
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Syllabification: len‧ti‧lla

Noun

lentilla f (plural lentilles)

1. contact lens

Catalan

Inserting a contact lens.

Etymology

Borrowed from French lentille. Doublet of lentícula and the inherited llentilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [lənˈti.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [lenˈti.ʎa]

Noun

lentilla f (plural lentilles)

1. (often in plural) contact lens

   Synonyms: lent de contacte, lentícula

Related terms

• lent

Further reading

• “lentilla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “lentilla” in Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “lentilla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “lentilla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Spanish

Inserting a contact lens.

Etymology

Borrowed from French lentille. Doublet of the inherited lenteja.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lenˈtiʝa/ [lẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /lenˈtiʝa/ [lẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /lenˈtiʎa/ [lẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʎa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /lenˈtiʃa/ [lẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /lenˈtiʒa/ [lẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʒa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /lenˈtia/ [lẽn̪ˈt̪i.a] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -iʎa (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒa (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -ia (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: len‧ti‧lla

Noun

lentilla f (plural lentillas)

1. (often in the plural) contact lens

   Synonyms: lente de contacto, pupilente

Further reading

• “lentilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025