spectacles

Other forms of spectacles

plural

spectacleses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about spectacles

What does spectacles mean?

spectacles means "(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision".

How many syllables are in spectacles?

spectacles has 3 syllables: spec-ta-cles. The stress falls on "spec". In IPA it is /ˈspɛktəkəlz/.

What is another word for spectacles?

Close synonyms include specs, eyeglasses, glasses. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spectacles a common word?

spectacles is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.