lentícula

Learned borrowing from Latin lenticula, diminutive of lēns (“lentil”). Doublet of lentilla and llentilla.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [lənˈti.ku.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [lenˈti.ku.la]

lentícula f (plural lentícules)

1. contact lens

   Synonyms: lent de contacte, lentilla

• lenticular
• llentilla

• “lentícula”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from Latin lenticula. Doublet of lentilha.

lentícula f (plural lentículas)

1. (chiefly geology) diminutive of lente
2. (botany, rare) synonym of lenticela

• “lentícula”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025