optician

someone who monitors the health of eyes and dispenses eyeglasses and contact lenses
Intangible profession Q1996635
optician
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Summary

optician is a profession[1]. optician draws 1,167 Wikipedia views per month (profession category, ranking #236 of 1,605).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: occupation[3], Ausbildungsberuf[4]
  • Subclass of: eye care professional[5], dispensing opticians[6]
  • Commons category: Opticians[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Opticians[8]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: shop=optician[9], craft=optician[10]
  • Equivalent class: https://schema.org/Optician[11]
  • Different from: optometrist[12], optician[13], eyeglass maker[14]
  • Female form of label: opticienne-lunetière[15], بصرياتية[16], optikistino[17], Augenoptikerin[18], jilünavan[19], אופטיקאית[20], óptica[21], optičarka[22], optikė[23], ؤپتيسيانة[24], opticiană[25], Ótica[26], očná optička[27], оптичарка[28]
  • Male form of label: hilünavan[29], optikistulo[30], אופטיקאי[31], optikisto[32], ottico[33], opticien-lunetier[34], optikas[35], optician[36], optičar[37], Ótico[38], očný optik[39], оптичар[40]
  • Typically sells: glasses[41], contact lens[42]
  • ISCO-08 occupation class: 3254[43]

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Influence

Things named for optician include Spiegel[44], a family name[45].

Why It Matters

optician has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] optician is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

Entities named for optician include Spiegel[44], a family name[45].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  4. [6] ↑ . ISCO-08 Index of Occupational Titles. wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → opticians
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'da', 'de', 'diq', 'en', 'eo', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'ga', 'id'
    Female form of label → {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'opticienne-lunetière'}, {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'بصرياتية'}, {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'optikistino'} +15
    Said to be the same as → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: opticians, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289956798|opticians (#289956798)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  2. 4w ago · Mormegil · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → eye care professional, dispensing opticians
    Wikidata description → someone who monitors the health of eyes and dispenses eyeglasses and contact len
    P14692 → Ernst Mielck, Durgapur
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Subclass of: shop"
  3. 8w ago · Weinessig · 2026-08-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Kldb-2010 occupation code → 82522310
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Kldb-2010 occupation code: 82522310"
  4. 19w ago · Bjankuloski06 · 2026-06-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Female form of label → {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'opticienne-lunetière'}, {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'بصرياتية'}, {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'optikistino'} +15
    Male form of label → {'lang': 'vo', 'text': 'hilünavan'}, {'lang': 'io', 'text': 'optikistulo'}, {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'אופטיקאי'} +9
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Female form of label: оптичарка"
  5. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isco-08 occupation class → 3254
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007548411705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
  6. 20w ago · Jheald · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Esco occupation id → 6e0e068b-cd5c-4400-8899-54056087fa14
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Esco occupation id: 6e0e068b-cd5c-4400-8899-54056087fa14, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/29242737|optician (#29242737)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7"
  7. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Male form of label → {'lang': 'vo', 'text': 'hilünavan'}, {'lang': 'io', 'text': 'optikistulo'}, {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'אופטיקאי'} +9
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Opticians
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 7652, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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