lentilla

See also: Lentilla

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lentille. Compare llenteya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lenˈtiʎa/ [lẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʎa]
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Syllabification: len‧ti‧lla

Noun

lentilla f (plural lentilles)

1. contact lens

Catalan

Inserting a contact lens.

Etymology

Borrowed from French lentille. Doublet of lentícula and the inherited llentilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [lənˈti.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [lenˈti.ʎa]

Noun

lentilla f (plural lentilles)

1. (often in plural) contact lens

   Synonyms: lent de contacte, lentícula

Related terms

• lent

Further reading

• “lentilla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “lentilla” in Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “lentilla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “lentilla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Spanish

Inserting a contact lens.

Etymology

Borrowed from French lentille. Doublet of the inherited lenteja.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lenˈtiʝa/ [lẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /lenˈtiʝa/ [lẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /lenˈtiʎa/ [lẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /lenˈtiʃa/ [lẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /lenˈtiʒa/ [lẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: len‧ti‧lla

Noun

lentilla f (plural lentillas)

1. (often in the plural) contact lens

   Synonyms: lente de contacto, pupilente

Further reading

• “lentilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10