Lente

lensnoun

Alternative meanings

A piece of glass or transparent material used to focus, magnify, or correct vision; it can be part of glasses, a camera, or another optical device.

Pronunciation

LEN-teh

Root and affixes

A loanword used for lens. It has no affixes in this basic form.

Variants or conjugations

lente = lens; antipara = glasses or eyeglasses; lente sa kamera = camera lens.

Related words and expressions

mata = eye; kamera = camera; antipara = glasses; klaro = clear.

Meaning and usage notes

Can refer to one lens or lenses in general. For complete eyeglasses, antipara is usually clearer.