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binoculars

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /bɪˈnɒk.jʊ.lə(ɹ)z/
  • UK: /bəˈnɒk.jə.lə(ɹ)z/
  • US: /(ˌ)baɪˈnɑ.kjə.lɚz/
  • US: /bəˈnɑ.kjə.lɚz/
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  • CMU ARPABET: B AH0 N AA1 K Y AH0 L ER0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A hand-held device consisting of a series of lenses and prisms, used to magnify objects so that they can be better seen from a distance, and looked at through both eyes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-normally

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: field glasses, opera glasses

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: optical instrument

History

Etymology

Abbreviation of "binocular glass".

Across languages

Translations

130 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: verkyker — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Albanian: dylbi — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Arabic: مِنْظَار (minẓār) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Armenian: հեռադիտակ (heṙaditak) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Azerbaijani: binokl — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Azerbaijani: durbin — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Bashkir: бинокль (binoklʹ) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Basque: prismatikoak — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Belarusian: біно́кль (binóklʹ) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Bengali: দূরবিন (durbin) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Breton: gevellunedenn — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Bulgarian: бино́къл (binókǎl) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Burmese: မှန်ပြောင်း (hmanpraung:) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Buryat: дурам (duram) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Catalan: binocles — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 望遠鏡 /望远镜 (wàngyuǎnjìng) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雙筒望遠鏡 /双筒望远镜 (shuāngtǒng wàngyuǎnjìng) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Crimean Tatar: dürbin — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Czech: dalekohled — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Danish: kikkert — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Dutch: verrekijker — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Esperanto: binoklo — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Estonian: binokkel — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Estonian: binoklid — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Faroese: kikari — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Finnish: kiikari — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • French: jumelles — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • French: jumelle — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Galician: prismáticos — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Galician: binóculos — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Georgian: ბინოკლი (binoḳli) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Georgian: დურბინდი (durbindi) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • German: Fernglas — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • German: Feldstecher — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Greek: διόπτρες (dióptres) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Greek: κιάλια (kiália) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Haitian Creole: longvi — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Hebrew: מִשְׁקֶפֶת (mishkefet) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Hindi: दूरबीन (dūrbīn) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Hungarian: távcső — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Hungarian: látcső — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Hungarian: messzelátó — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Icelandic: sjónauki — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Icelandic: kíkir — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Ido: bilorno — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Indonesian: teropong — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Irish: gloiní — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Irish: déshúiligh — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Italian: binocolo — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Japanese: 双眼鏡 (sōgankyō) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Kazakh: дүрбі (dürbı) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Kazakh: бинокль (binokl) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Khmer: កែវយឹត (kaew yɨt) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Khmer: យឹតយឺត (yɨt yɨt) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Korean: 쌍안경 (ssang'an'gyeong) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Central Kurdish: دووربین — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Central Kurdish: دووچاوی (dûçawî) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Northern Kurdish: dûrbîn — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Kyrgyz: дүрбү (dürbü) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Kyrgyz: бинокль (binokl) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Lao: ກ້ອງ (kǭng) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Lao: ກ້ອງສ່ອງ (kǭng sǭng) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Latvian: binoklis — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Latvian: tālskatis — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Lithuanian: binoklis — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Macedonian: двоглед (dvogled) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Malay: teropong — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Malay: keker — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Maltese: tromba — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Māori: karu whakatata — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Marshallese: baiklaaj — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Mongolian: дуран (duran) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Norman: longues-veues — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kikkert — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kikert — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kikkert — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Oromo: naaduraa — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Ossetian: кӕсӕнцӕст (kæsæncæst) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Ossetian: бинокль (binoklʹ) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Iranian Persian: دورْبین (durbin) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Iranian Persian: دوچِشْمی (dočešmi) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Polish: lorneta — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Polish: lornetka — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Portuguese: binóculo — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Portuguese: binóculos — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Romanian: binoclu — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Russian: бино́кль (binóklʹ) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Serbo-Croatian: двоглед — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Serbo-Croatian: доглед — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Serbo-Croatian: дурбин — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Serbo-Croatian: далекозор — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Serbo-Croatian: далекоглед — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Serbo-Croatian: dvogled — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Serbo-Croatian: dogled — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Serbo-Croatian: durbin — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Serbo-Croatian: dalekozor — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Serbo-Croatian: dalekogled — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Slovak: ďalekohľad — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Slovene: daljnogled — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Spanish: prismáticos — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Spanish: binoculares — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Spanish: gemelos — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Spanish: anteojos prismáticos — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Spanish: gemelos prismáticos — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Spanish: largavista — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Swedish: kikare — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Tagalog: duhansipat — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Tagalog: largabista — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Tajik: дурбин (durbin) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Tatar: бинокль (binoqlʹ) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Tausug: talumpung — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Thai: กล้องสองตา (glɔ̂ng-sɔ̌ɔng-dtaa) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Thai: กล้องสนาม (glɔ̂ng-sà-nǎam) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Tibetan: རྒྱང་ཤེལ (rgyang shel) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Turkish: dürbün — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Turkish: bakaç — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Turkmen: dürbi — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Turkmen: binokl — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Ukrainian: біно́кль (binóklʹ) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Urdu: دُوربِین (dūrbīn) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Uyghur: دۇربۇن (durbun) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Uzbek: durbin — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Uzbek: binokl — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Vietnamese: ống nhòm — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Vietnamese: ống ngắm — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Vietnamese: con mắt xa — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Volapük: fagiologöm — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Welsh: ysbienddrych — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Welsh: sbenglas — hand-held device for looking at a distance
  • Yaghnobi: дурбен (durben) — hand-held device for looking at a distance
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