goggles

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑ.ɡəlz/

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• Rhymes: -ɑɡəlz

Etymology 1

Probably from goggle, from the appearance it gives the wearer.

Noun

goggles pl (plural only)

1. Protective eyewear set in a flexible frame to fit snugly against the face.

   Goggles must be worn in the swimming pool.

   We had to put on our goggles as it was snowing outside.

   • 1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 31:

     Regretted that I had not provided myself with goggles, as the road is so constantly traveled that the dust became a most serious nuisance.

2. Blinds for shying horses.
3. (slang) Glasses; spectacles.

Synonyms

• pair of goggles

Derived terms

• Arabian goggles
• beer goggles
• deployment goggles
• love goggles
• money goggles
• nostalgia goggles
• snow goggles

 

Related terms

• safety glasses
• swimming goggles

Translations

protective eyewear

• Bulgarian: предпазни очила n pl (predpazni očila)
• Catalan: ulleres de protecció f pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 護目鏡／护目镜 (zh) (hùmùjìng), 護眼鏡／护眼镜 (hù yǎnjìng), 風鏡／风镜 (zh) (fēngjìng) (esp. wind)

• Dutch: veiligheidsbril (nl) m, beschermende brillen m pl, stofbril (nl) m
• Finnish: suojalasit (fi) pl, silmäsuojat pl
• French: lunettes de protection f pl
• German: Schutzbrille (de) f
• Greek: προστατευτικά δίοπτρα pl (prostateftiká díoptra), προστατευτικά δίοπτρα pl (prostateftiká díoptra)
• Interlingua: berillos protective
• Italian: occhiali di protezione m pl, occhiali protettivi m pl
• Japanese: ゴーグル (ja) (gōguru)
• Korean: 고글 (gogeul)
• Maori: mō(w)hiti haumaru
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vernebrille m or f

  Nynorsk: vernebrille f

• Polish: gogle (pl) m pl, okulary ochronne m pl
• Portuguese: óculos de proteção m pl
• Russian: защи́тные очки́ n pl (zaščítnyje očkí), (neologism) го́глы (ru) m pl (gógly)
• Slovak: ochranné okuliare m pl
• Spanish: anteojos de protección m pl, gafas de protección f pl, anteojos (es) m pl, gafas de aviador m pl, antiparras f pl
• Swedish: skyddsglasögon (sv) pl

Etymology 2

Noun

goggles

1. plural of goggle

Etymology 3

Verb

goggles

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of goggle

Spanish

Noun

goggles m pl (plural only)

1. (Mexico) swimming goggles