noun · 7 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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US:sī'klŏps
US:/ˈsaɪˌklɑps/
Received-Pronunciation:sī'klŏps
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈsaɪˌklɒps/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A one-eyed giant from Greek and Roman mythology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A one-eyed creature of any species.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A person with only one working eye.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Any copepod in the genus Cyclops.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A small magnifying lens in the crystal of a watch to aid in reading the date.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, horology, lifestyle
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6
noun
Meaning 6
minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: water flea
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: copepod, copepod crustacean
7
noun
Meaning 7
(Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: giant
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cyclōps, from Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps, “Cyclops ['round eyes']”). The sense for copepods is a semantic loan from translingual Cyclops.
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
katallan
— giant of mythology
Albanian:
ciklop
— giant of mythology
Arabic:
سَايْكْلُوب
(sayklub)
— giant of mythology
Asturian:
cíclope
— giant of mythology
Azerbaijani:
təpəgöz
— giant of mythology
Catalan:
ciclop
— giant of mythology
Chinese Mandarin:
獨眼巨人 /独眼巨人
(dúyǎn jùrén)
— giant of mythology
Chinese Mandarin:
庫克洛普斯 /库克洛普斯
(kùkèluòpǔsī)
— giant of mythology
Chinese Mandarin:
賽克洛斯 /赛克洛斯
(sàikèluòsī)
— giant of mythology
Czech:
kyklop
— giant of mythology
Danish:
kyklop
— giant of mythology
Esperanto:
ciklopo
— giant of mythology
Finnish:
kyklooppi
— giant of mythology
French:
cyclope
— giant of mythology
Gagauz:
tepegöz
— giant of mythology
Galician:
ciclope
— giant of mythology
German:
Zyklop
— giant of mythology
German:
Kyklop
— giant of mythology
Greek:
κύκλωπας
(kýklopas)
— giant of mythology
Ancient Greek:
Κύκλωψ
(Kúklōps)
— giant of mythology
Hawaiian:
kukelopa
— giant of mythology
Hebrew:
קיקלופ
(kiklop)
— giant of mythology
Hungarian:
ciklopsz
— giant of mythology
Hungarian:
küklopsz
— giant of mythology
Icelandic:
kýklópi
— giant of mythology
Icelandic:
kýklópur
— giant of mythology
Ido:
ciklopo
— giant of mythology
Italian:
ciclope
— giant of mythology
Japanese:
キュクロープス
(kyukurōpusu)
— giant of mythology
Japanese:
キュクロプス
(kyukuropusu)
— giant of mythology
Japanese:
独眼鬼
(dokuganki)
— giant of mythology
Kazakh:
циклоп
(siklop)
— giant of mythology
Korean:
키클롭스
(kikeullopseu)
— giant of mythology
Korean:
퀴클롭스
(kwikeullopseu)
— giant of mythology
Latin:
cyclōps
— giant of mythology
Macedonian:
киклоп
(kiklop)
— giant of mythology
Marathi:
साय्क्लॉप्स
(sāyklŏpsa)
— giant of mythology
Norwegian Nynorsk:
kyklop
— giant of mythology
Polish:
cyklop
— giant of mythology
Portuguese:
ciclope
— giant of mythology
Romanian:
ciclop
— giant of mythology
Russian:
цикло́п
(ciklóp)
— giant of mythology
Russian:
кикло́п
(kiklóp)
— giant of mythology
Slovak:
kyklop
— giant of mythology
Slovak:
kyklóp
— giant of mythology
Slovak:
kyklóps
— giant of mythology
Spanish:
cíclope
— giant of mythology
Swahili:
siklopsi
— giant of mythology
Swedish:
cyklop
— giant of mythology
Turkish:
siklops
— giant of mythology
Turkish:
tepegöz
— giant of mythology
Turkish:
eğegöz
— giant of mythology
Turkish:
yalgızgöz
— giant of mythology
Old Anatolian Turkish:
دپه كوز
(däpä göz)
— giant of mythology
Ottoman Turkish:
تپه گوز
(tepe göz)
— giant of mythology
Chinese Mandarin:
劍水蚤 /剑水蚤
(jiànshuǐzǎo)
— copepod
