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cross-eyed

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

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having both eyes oriented inward, especially involuntarily.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boss-eyed, squint-eyed, cockeyed

Antonyms: walleyed

2

adjective

Meaning 2

having convergent strabismus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: walleyed

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَحْوَل (ʔaḥwal) — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Arabic: حَوَل (ḥawal) — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Arabic: أحول (ʔaḥwal) — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Armenian: շիլ (šil) — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Armenian: շաշ (šaš) — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Asturian: biliesgu — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Bashkir: ҡылый (qılıy) — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Basque: betoker — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Central Bikol: kilas — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Bulgarian: кривоглед (krivogled) — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Catalan: guerxo — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Catalan: estràbic — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Catalan: guenyo — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Chinese Mandarin: 斗眼的 (dòuyǎn de) — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Chinese Mandarin: 斜眼的 (xiéyǎn de) — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Chinese Mandarin: 斜視的 /斜视的 (xiéshì de) — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Crimean Tatar: qılıy — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Czech: šilhavý — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Dutch: scheel — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Finnish: kierosilmäinen — having both eyes oriented inward
  • French: bigle — having both eyes oriented inward
  • French: bigleux — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Galician: birollo — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Galician: trusgo — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Galician: vesgo — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Georgian: ელამი (elami) — having both eyes oriented inward
  • German: schielend — having both eyes oriented inward
  • German: scheel — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Hungarian: bandzsa — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Hungarian: kancsal — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Icelandic: rangeygður — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Indonesian: juling — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Irish: claonsúileach — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Italian: strabico — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Japanese: 寄り目の (yorime no) — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Japanese: 内斜視の (naishashi no) — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Javanese: kéro — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Kapampangan: duling — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Kazakh: қыли (qyli) — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Malay: juling — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Māori: karu rewha — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Māori: rewha — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Old English: sċeolhīeġe — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Persian: لوچ (luč) — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Persian: قیچ (qič) — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Piedmontese: stràbich — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Plautdietsch: kjriezuagich — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Polish: zezowaty — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Portuguese: vesgo — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Portuguese: estrábico — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Portuguese: trusco — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Portuguese: virolho — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Russian: косогла́зый (kosoglázyj) — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Russian: косо́й (kosój) — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Serbo-Croatian: razrok — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Slovak: škuľavý — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Spanish: bizco — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Spanish: estrábico — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Spanish: ojituerto — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Spanish: virolo — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Spanish: lusco — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Spanish: chejo — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Spanish: quisneto — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Spanish: vireco — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Spanish: bizcoreto — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Spanish: bisojo — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Spanish: bizcorneto — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Spanish: bizcorneta — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Spanish: bizcuerno — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Spanish: turnio — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Tagalog: duling — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Tausug: libat — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Turkish: şaşı — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Ottoman Turkish: شاشی (şaşı) — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Uzbek: gʻilay — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Venetan: straocio — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Vietnamese: lé — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Welsh: llygatgroes — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Welsh: llygatgam — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Yiddish: קאַסאָקע (kasoke) — having both eyes oriented inward
  • Isthmus Zapotec: lu changa — having both eyes oriented inward