sunglasses
sunglasses noun: tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun or other bright light, and may also be worn as a fashion accessory. Also the plural of sunglass.
Noun
sunglasses pl (plural only, attributive sunglass)
- Tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun or other bright light, and may also be worn as a fashion accessory.
- It is impossible to know accurately how you look in your sunglasses.1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 75
- A person wearing sunglasses
- My seat’s been taken by some sunglasses asking 'bout a scar2011, Fun, We Are Young
Also used as
sunglasses is also the plural of sunglass.
sunglasses meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sunglasses in Hindi
- tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun
- धूप का चश्मा dhūp kā caśmā, काला चश्मा kālā caśmā
sunglasses in Tamil
- tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun
- கருப்புக் கண்ணாடி karuppuk kaṇṇāṭi
sunglasses in Marathi
- सनग्लासेस
sunglasses in Urdu
- tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun
- دُھوپ کا چَشْمَہ dhūp kā caśma, کالا چَشْمَہ kālā caśma
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- sunglasses in Bengali
- রোদ চশমা rōd cośma
- sunglasses in Telugu
- కూలింగ్ గ్లాసు kūliṅg glāsu
- sunglasses in Malayalam
- സൺഗ്ലാസുകൾ, സന്ഗ്ലാസുകൾ
- sunglasses in Kannada
- ಸನ್ಗ್ಲಾಸ್ಗಳು
- sunglasses in Gujarati
- તડકાનાં ચશ્માં taḍkānā̃ caśmā̃
- sunglasses in Odia
- ସନଗ୍ଲାସ୍, ସନଗ୍ଲାସ
- sunglasses in Nepali
- सनग्लासहरू, सनग्लास, धूपको चश्मा
- sunglasses in Pashto
- لمرين عينکې lamrīn 'aynake, د لمر ضد عينکې də lmar zed 'aynake
- sunglasses in Tagalog
- salaming pang-araw
- sunglasses in Arabic
- نَظَّارَة شَمْسِيَّة naẓẓāra šamsiyya, نَظَّارَة شَمْس naẓẓārat šams
- sunglasses in Malay
- cermin mata hitam
- sunglasses in Indonesian
- kacamata hitam
- sunglasses in Thai
- แว่นกันแดด wɛ̂n-gan-dɛ̀ɛt
- sunglasses in Vietnamese
- kính râm, kiếng mát, kính mát
- sunglasses in Myanmar
- မျက်မှန် myakhman
Synonyms of sunglasses
- shades
- sunnies
- cooling glasses
- smoked glasses
- sunspecs
- smoked spectacles
Forms of sunglasses
| attributive | sunglass |
|---|---|
| alternative form | sun glasses |
| alternative form | sun-glasses |
Origin of sunglasses
From sun + glasses.
From sunglass + -es.
Words formed from sunglasses
Phrases with sunglasses
Questions about sunglasses
- What does sunglasses mean?
- Sunglasses means tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun or other bright light, and may also be worn as a fashion accessory.
- What is sunglasses in Hindi?
- Sunglasses in Hindi is धूप का चश्मा (dhūp kā caśmā), काला चश्मा (kālā caśmā). See Sunglasses meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sunglasses?
- Sunglasses is a noun.
Words near sunglasses in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sunglasses (page history and authors); sunglasses (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sunglasses (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sunglasses (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sunglasses (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sunglasses (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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