sunglasses

See also: sun glasses and sun-glasses

English

A pair of sunglasses.

Etymology 1

From sun +‎ glasses.

Alternative forms

• sun glasses, sun-glasses

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

sunglasses pl (plural only, attributive sunglass)

2. Tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun or other bright light, and may also be worn as a fashion accessory.
   • 1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings‎^[1], New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 75:

     It is impossible to know accurately how you look in your sunglasses.

3. (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

• aviator sunglasses
• Irish sunglasses
• pair of sunglasses

Translations

tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun

• Albanian: syze dielli f
• Arabic: نَظَّارَة شَمْسِيَّة f (naẓẓāra šamsiyya), نَظَّارَة شَمْس f (naẓẓārat šams)

  Hijazi Arabic: نَظَّارة f (naḍḍāra), نَظَّارة شمسيَّة f (naḍḍāra šamsiyya)

• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܲܙܵܝܵܬ݂̈ ܫܸܡܫܵܐ f (ḥazzāyāṯ šimšā), ܚܲܙܵܝ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܫܸܡ̈ܫܵܢܵܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ f (ḥazzāyāṯā šimšānāyāṯā)

• Armenian: արեւային ակնոց (arewayin aknocʻ)
• Azerbaijani: gün eynəyi
• Basque: eguzkitako betaurrekoak pl
• Belarusian: со́нечныя акуля́ры m pl (sónječnyja akuljáry), цёмныя акуля́ры m pl (cjómnyja akuljáry), сонцаахо́ўныя акуля́ры m pl (soncaaxównyja 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: ulloq brillerit
• Gujarati: તડકાનાં ચશ્માં (taḍkānā̃ caśmā̃)
• Hebrew: מִשְׁקְפֵי שֶׁמֶשׁ (he) m pl (mishkefé shémesh)
• Hindi: धूप का चश्मा m (dhūp kā caśmā), काला चश्मा m (kālā caśmā)
• Hungarian: napszemüveg (hu)
• Icelandic: sólgleraugu (is) n pl
• Indonesian: kacamata hitam
• Irish: spéaclaí gréine pl, gloiní gréine pl
• Italian: occhiali da sole m pl
• Japanese: サングラス (ja) (sangurasu)
• Kazakh: күннен қорғайтын көзілдірік (künnen qorğaityn közıldırık)
• 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)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: berçavka rojê, berçavka tavê, rojşikên (ku)

• Kyrgyz: күндөн коргоочу көз айнек (kündön korgoocu köz aynek)
• Lao: ແວ່ນຕາກັນແດດ (wǣn tā kan dǣt)
• Latvian: saulesbrilles f pl
• Lithuanian: akiniai nuo saulės pl
• Lower Tanana: sro ch'o'i
• 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
• Māori: mōhiti ārai hihirā
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: нарны шил (narny šil)

• Navajo: nákʼee sinilí łizhinígíí, nákʼee sinilí diłhiłígíí
• Norman: leunettes d'solé f pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: solbrille m or f

• Pashto: لمرين عينکې f (lamrīn 'aynake), د لمر ضد عينکې f (də lmar zed 'aynake)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: عِینَکِ آفْتابی (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)
• Sami:

  Lule Sami: biejvvetjalmmeglása

  Northern Sami: please add this translation if you can

• Scottish Gaelic: speuclairean-grèine m pl, glainneachan-grèine f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сунчане наочале f, сунчане наочаре f pl

  Latin: sunčane naočale f pl, sunčane naočare f pl

• Slovak: slnečné okuliare m pl
• Slovene: sončna očala pl
• Spanish: gafas de sol (es) f pl, lentes / anteojos / espejuelos solares / oscuros / ahumados / ajumados m pl
• Swahili: miwani ya jua
• Swedish: solglasögon (sv) n pl, solbrillor (sv) c pl (colloquial)
• Tagalog: salaming pang-araw
• Tajik: айнаки офтобӣ (aynak-i oftobi)
• Tamil: கருப்புக் கண்ணாடி (karuppuk kaṇṇāṭi)
• Telugu: కూలింగ్ గ్లాసు (kūliṅg glāsu)
• Thai: แว่นกันแดด (th) (wɛ̂n-gan-dɛ̀ɛt)
• Turkish: güneş gözlüğü (tr)
• Turkmen: gün äýnegi
• Ukrainian: со́нячні окуля́ри m pl (sónjačni okuljáry), те́мні окуля́ри m pl (témni okuljáry), сонцезахисні́ окуля́ри m pl (soncezaxysní okuljáry) (formal)
• Urdu: دُھوپ کا چَشْمَہ m (dhūp kā caśma), کالا چَشْمَہ m (kālā caśma)
• Uyghur: قۇياش كۆزئەينىكى (quyash köz'eyniki)
• Uzbek: quyosh koʻzoynagi
• Vietnamese: kính râm (vi), kiếng mát, kính mát
• Yiddish: זונברילן f pl (zunbriln)

Further reading

• sunglasses on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From sunglass +‎ -es.

Noun

sunglasses

1. plural of sunglass (“type of lens”)