lunettes

9.4

A pair of glasses that help you see

noun
/luˈnɛts/

Archaic

: gafas

The old photograph showed a gentleman with round lunettes perched on his nose.

Examples

My grandfather always wore his lunettes when reading.
He forgot his lunettes at home and had trouble seeing the menu.
She adjusted her lunettes before reading the letter.
She put on her lunettes before heading outside.
He forgot his lunettes at home and had trouble seeing the menu.
The old photograph showed a gentleman with round lunettes perched on his nose.
She adjusted her lunettes before reading the letter.

Synonyms

eyeglasses

vslunettes

1.0

A pair of lenses in a frame worn on the nose and ears to help you see better

is a French or old fashioned name for that same pair

spex

vslunettes

Slang

9.6

Glasses you wear to help you see or read

is a French or old fashioned term rather than an informal one

How Protective

goggles

1 2.2

sunglasses

166 1.0

lunettes

Archaic

9.4

eyewear

7 2.8

Surface Forms

lunettes plural

Etymology

Lunettes comes from the French word lune, which means 'moon', and the smaller form lunette means 'little moon'. A helpful image is that early round eyeglass lenses looked like small moons, so lunettes came to mean 'eyeglasses'.