Phrase guide

contact lens

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A thin lens, made of flexible or rigid plastic, that is placed directly on to the eye to correct vision, used as an alternative to spectacles, or, if coloured, to change one's eye color cosmetically.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: contact

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lens, lense, lens system

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: kontaklens — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Arabic: عَدَسَة لَاصِقَة — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Arabic: عَدَسَة (ʕadasa) — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Armenian: կոնտակտային ոսպնյակ (kontaktayin ospnyak) — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Armenian: կոնտակտային լինզա (kontaktayin linza) — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Asturian: lentilla — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Catalan: lent de contacte — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Catalan: lentilla — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Catalan: lentícula — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Chinese Cantonese: 隱形眼鏡 /隐形眼镜 — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Chinese Cantonese: con (kon1) — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Chinese Mandarin: 隱形眼鏡 /隐形眼镜 (yǐnxíng yǎnjìng) — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Chinese Mandarin: 美瞳 (měitóng) — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Czech: kontaktní čočka — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Danish: kontaktlinse — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Dutch: contactlens — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Finnish: piilolinssi — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • French: lentille de contact — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Galician: lente de contacto — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Georgian: კონტაქტური ლინზა (ḳonṭakṭuri linza) — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • German: Kontaktlinse — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Greek: φακός επαφής (fakós epafís) — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Hebrew: עדשת מגע — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Hungarian: kontaktlencse — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Icelandic: augnlinsa — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Irish: lionsa tadhaill — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Italian: lente a contatto — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Japanese: コンタクトレンズ (kontakuto renzu) — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Japanese: コンタクト (kontakuto) — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Korean: 콘택트 렌즈 (kontaekteu renjeu) — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Korean: 렌즈 (renjeu) — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Korean: 콘택트 (kontaekteu) — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Macedonian: ко́нтактна ле́ќа (kóntaktna léḱa) — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Macedonian: ко́нтактни ле́ќи (kóntaktni léḱi) — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Mongolian: контакт линз (kontakt linz) — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Norman: cricot d'contact — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kontaktlinse — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kontaktlinse — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Polish: szkło kontaktowe — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Polish: soczewka kontaktowa — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Polish: soczewka — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Polish: kontakty — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Portuguese: lente de contato — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Portuguese: lente de contacto — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Romanian: lentilă de contact — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Romanian: lentile de contact — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Russian: конта́ктная ли́нза (kontáktnaja línza) — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Russian: ли́нза (línza) — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Serbo-Croatian: kontaktne leće — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Serbo-Croatian: контактне леће — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Slovak: kontaktná šošovka — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Spanish: lentilla — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Spanish: lente de contacto — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Spanish: pupilente — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Swedish: kontaktlins — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Thai: เลนส์สัมผัส (leen-sǎm-pàt) — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Turkish: lens — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Turkish: kontakt lens — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Ukrainian: конта́ктна лі́нза (kontáktna línza) — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Vietnamese: kính áp tròng — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Vietnamese: kính sát tròng — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Volapük: kontagalentül — thin lens placed directly on the eye
  • Welsh: lens gyffwrdd — thin lens placed directly on the eye