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