lunettes/ly.nɛt/
noun · A2
nounfeminine
Meanings
spectacles, eyeglasses
Commonly refers to glasses used for vision correction or eye protection.
binoculars, telescope
Refers to optical instruments used to observe distant objects, commonly used in plural form.
spectacles; binoculars
Plural form used as a singular noun to refer to spectacles or binoculars.
Examples
Elle porte des lunettes pour corriger sa vue depuis plusieurs années.
She has been wearing glasses to correct her vision for several years.
Les lunettes permettent d'observer les oiseaux à distance sans les déranger.
Binoculars allow observing birds at a distance without disturbing them.
Les lunettes de théâtre sont souvent utilisées pour améliorer la visibilité sur scène.
Theater glasses are often used to improve visibility on stage.
Collocations
- porter des lunettesto wear spectacles
- formes des lunettesshapes of spectacles
Common mistakes
une lunette
des lunettes
‘lunettes’ usually appears in plural form to mean glasses; singular ‘lunette’ has other meanings.
Related words
- synonymlunetteeyeglasses
synonymjumellesbinoculars