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English
Etymology
From opto- + -metry + -ist.
Pronunciation
Noun
optometrist (plural optometrists)
- A person trained and skilled in examining and testing the eyes for defects, in order to prescribe corrective lenses or treatment.
Translations
person trained in examining and testing the eyes for defects
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Catalan: optometrista m or f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 驗光師／验光师 (zh) (yànguāngshī)
- Czech: optometrista m
- Danish: øjenlæge (da) c (informal), optometrist c (medical), optiker (da) c (seller of spectacles)
- Dutch: oogarts (nl), optometrist (nl) m
- Finnish: optometristi (fi)
- French: optométriste (fr) m or f
- Georgian: ოპტიკოსი (oṗṭiḳosi), ოპტომეტრისტი (oṗṭomeṭrisṭi)
- German: Optometrist m
- Greek: οπτομέτρης (el) m (optométris)
- Irish: optaiméadraí m, radharceolaí oftalmach m
- Italian: optometrista m
- Japanese: 検眼士 (けんがんし, kenganshi)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: optiker m
- Nynorsk: optikar m
- Polish: optometrysta (pl) m, optometrystka f
- Portuguese: oculista (pt) m or f
- Romanian: oculist (ro) m, oculistă (ro) f
- Russian: окули́ст (ru) m (okulíst), о́птик (ru) m (óptik), оптометри́ст (ru) m (optometríst)
- Slovak: optometrista m
- Spanish: optometrista (es) m or f, optómetra (es) m or f
- Swedish: optometriker
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See also
Danish
Pronunciation
Noun
optometrist c (singular definite optometristen, plural indefinite optometrister)
- optometrist
- Synonym: øjenlæge
Declension
Declension of optometrist
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