Translation
glasses, spectacles
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Word origin
A transparent Esperanto compound: okulo ('eye') plus vitro ('glass', from Latin vitrum), with the plural -j because a pair has two lenses. Literally 'eye-glasses', exactly as in English.
- Origin
- Esperanto compound
- Root
- okulo + vitro
- English cognates
- vitreous, vitrine
Examples
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I cannot read without my glasses.
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Where are my glasses?
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He is wearing new glasses.
Like English glasses, is normally plural: one okulvitro would be a single lens, such as a monocle. The compound decodes itself - (eye) + (glass) + -j (plural).
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 14, lesson 3: okulvitroj, banko, nuda and 7 more words.