Standard Lemma guide

bespectacled

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /bɪˈspɛktəkəld/
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  • CMU ARPABET: B IH0 S P EH1 K T AH0 K AH0 L D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Wearing spectacles (glasses).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beglassed, eyeglassed, four-eyed, glassesed, spectacled

Antonyms: unbespectacled, unspectacled

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

wearing, or having the face adorned with, eyeglasses or an eyeglass

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a bespectacled grandmother
  • the monocled gentleman

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: monocled, spectacled

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From be- + spectacle + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ակնոցավոր (aknocʻavor) — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Bulgarian: очила́т (očilát) — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有戴眼鏡 /有戴眼镜 (yǒu dài yǎnjìng) — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Czech: brýlatý — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Czech: brejlatý — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Danish: bebrillede — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Dutch: bebrild — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Finnish: silmälasipäinen — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • French: à lunettes — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • French: binoclard — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • French: bésiclard — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Galician: que leva lentes — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • German: eine Brille tragend — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • German: bebrillt — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • German: brilletragend — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Greek: διοπτροφόρος (dioptrofóros) — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Hungarian: szemüveges — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Indonesian: berkacamata — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Indonesian: memakai kacamata — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Italian: occhialuto — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Malay: berkaca mata — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Malay: memakai kaca mata — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Malay: bercermin mata — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Malay: memakai cermin mata — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Māori: whai mōwhiti — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Māori: karu mōwhiti — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Māori: mau mō(w)hiti — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Polish: w okularach — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Portuguese: com óculos — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Portuguese: de óculos — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Russian: очкарик (očkarik) — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Spanish: con gafas — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Spanish: que lleva gafas — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Spanish: gafudo — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Spanish: gafotas — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Spanish: anteojudo — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Swedish: glasögonprydd — wearing spectacles (glasses)
  • Turkish: gözlüklü — wearing spectacles (glasses)