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Is spectacles a real word

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Updated: 8/20/2019

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What is the informal word for spectacles?

"Specs" is an informal word for spectacles, although many people don't use the word at all, and use "glasses" instead.


How many syllables does the word spectacles have?

Spectacles has three syllables. Spec-ta-cles.


What is the latin word for spectacles?

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What is the Kannada word for 'spectacles'?

Kannadaka


How does the Latin root of the word spectacles help you understand what is the meaning of the word?

If you know that the Latin word spect means "see," then you can figure out that spectacles have something to do with seeing.


What is a person if he has on spectacles?

If a person is wearing spectacles it means he is wearing a pair of glasses. The word spectacles is rarely used in this day and age.


Are spectacles opaque?

Spectacles is an older word for eyeglasses. If spectacles were opaque, no one could see through the lenses. The glass (now plastic) used in spectacles must be clear and without scratches.


Is spectacles singular or plural?

The noun 'spectacles' is the plural form of the noun 'spectacle', a word for a visually striking performance or display.The noun 'spectacles' is an uncountable noun as a word for eyeglasses, a binary noun, a word for something that two parts make up the whole.Binary nouns are a shortened form of 'a pair of'.The singular form is a pair of spectacles. The plural form is pairs of spectacles.Examples:He removed his heavy spectacles with a sigh of relief.Both boys ended up making gigantic spectacles of themselves.


Can you give a sentence with the word epicurean?

epicurean spectacles


What is the origin of the word 'spectacles'?

The word spectacle comes from the Latin word spectaculum which referred to the sights or displays put up by the Romans for the entertainment of the public. Thus a pair of spectacles are used to improve the sight or the wearer.


What rhymes with clavicles?

There are no perfect rhymes for the word clavicle.


What is the meaning miwani?

Miwani is a kikuyu word which means spectacles in English.