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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesquattrocchi
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kwat-trok-ki
"Lo studente quattrocchi studiava con molta attenzione."
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Wearing spectacles or eyeglasses; having a noticeable appearance associated with wearing glasses.
"The speccy young student clutched a stack of heavy science textbooks."
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A colloquial British term for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum personal computer popular in the 1980s.
"He spent his childhood loading cassette tapes into his trusty old Speccy."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the English noun 'spectacles' combined with the diminutive suffix '-y', emerging in British informal usage during the mid-20th century. Originally used descriptively for individuals wearing eyeglasses, it later expanded in the 1980s as a colloquial nickname for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Speccy" is said worldwide
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porteur de lunettes
Transliteration: porteur de lü-net
"L'enfant porteur de lunettes lisait un livre au premier rang."
brillentragend
Transliteration: brillen-trag-ent
"Der brillentragende Junge saß in der ersten Reihe."
quattrocchi
Transliteration: kwat-trok-ki
"Lo studente quattrocchi studiava con molta attenzione."
gafudo
Transliteration: ga-fu-do
"El joven gafudo leía en la biblioteca."
de óculos
Transliteration: dji o-ku-lus
"O garoto de óculos ganhou o prêmio de matemática."
चश्मे वाला
Transliteration: chashme wala
"वह चश्मे वाला लड़का बहुत बुद्धिमान है।"
戴眼镜的
Transliteration: dài yǎnjìng de
"那个戴眼镜的男孩正在做作业。"
안경 낀
Transliteration: angyeong kkin
"안경 낀 학생이 도서관에서 책을 읽고 있다."
眼鏡をかけた
Transliteration: megane o kaketa
"眼鏡をかけた少年が本を読んでいました。"
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