Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

spectacle/goggle

French translation:

lunettes de protection

Added to glossary by Bruno Fonseca
Jun 8, 2012 15:38
11 yrs ago
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English term

spectacle/goggle

English to French Tech/Engineering Textiles / Clothing / Fashion EPI
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For optimum protection when working, wear the spectacle/goggle continuously.

Discussion

Bruno Fonseca (asker) Jun 8, 2012:
Thanks again Tony I guess I'll pull a wild card one this one
Tony M Jun 8, 2012:
Ah, here it's another story... Now here we DO need to make a distinction between the two!

Sadly, however, when translating these terms in the past, I have never been able to find satisfactory terms in FR that make the distinction; all my researches were in vain.

Proposed translations

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lunettes de protection

C'est ce que j'écris lorsque je traduis des fiches de données de sécurité.

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Surtout pas "bésicles" qui renvoient aux lunettes portées par l'Oncle Picsou soit dit en passant. :)
Note from asker:
Noté, merci Alexandre !
Peer comment(s):

agree GILLES MEUNIER
2 mins
Merci, Gilles.
agree florence metzger : lunettes de sécurité
2 mins
Merci, Florence.
agree Virginie Bordes
16 mins
Merci, Virginie.
agree Bertrand Leduc
2 hrs
Merci, Bertrand Leduc.
agree Isabelle F. BRUCHER (X) : [industrial] ▶ lunettes protectrices or de protection
2 hrs
Merci, Isabelle.
agree Hélène ALEXIS : ou lunettes de sécurité
4 hrs
Merci, Hélène.
agree Carla Buchman
4 hrs
Merci, Megaptera1.
agree STEPHANIE Taif
5 hrs
Merci, Stephanie.
agree enrico paoletti
23 hrs
Merci, Enrico.
agree Assia SANLIS : il s'agit bien de lunettes de protection
1 day 3 hrs
Merci, Assia.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Merci !"
6 hrs

lunettes de la marque Goggle

Lunettes type aviation / moto à protection type ventouse , voir le lien
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Reference comments

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Reference:

"goggle" in Gd Robert & Collins + wordreference.com/definition

goggle ['gɒgl]

1 intransitive verb



[person] ▶ rouler de gros yeux ronds

[eyes] ▶ être exorbités, ▶ sortir de la tête

■ to goggle at [somebody]/[something] : regarder [quelqu'un]/
[quelque chose] en roulant de gros yeux ronds

2 goggles plural noun

of motorcyclist ▶ lunettes fpl protectrices or de motocycliste

of skindiver ▶ lunettes fpl de plongée

***[industrial] ▶ lunettes fpl protectrices or de protection***

✰ “glasses” ▶ besicles fpl • humorous

3 compounds

◆ goggle-box ✰✰ noun Brit : télé ✰ f

◆ goggle-eyed adjective [in general] : aux yeux exorbités

■ he sat goggle-eyed in front of the TV ✰ : il était assis devant la télé
✰ , les yeux exorbités

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http://www.wordreference.com/definition/goggle

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:

goggle/ˈɡɒɡl/

▶verb

look with wide open eyes, typically in amazement or wonder.

■ (of the eyes) protrude or open wide.

▶adjective

(of the eyes) protuberant or rolling.

▶noun

(goggles)

***1 close-fitting protective glasses with side shields.***

2 the staggers (a disease of sheep).

– derivatives

goggled adjective.

– origin ME (in the sense ‘look to one side, squint’): prob. from a base symbolic of oscillating movement.

'goggle' also found in these Oxford entries:

goggle-box - goggle-eyed - goo-goo

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Not to be confused with Google, of course !
Note from asker:
Merci beaucoup Isabelle !
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