Phrase guide

eye patch

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An opaque patch worn so as to cover an injured or infected eye or an eye socket in order to protect or conceal it, or to treat amblyopia in children.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

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Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: oogklap — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Armenian: աչքի վիրակապ (ačʻkʻi virakap) — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Catalan: pegat — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Catalan: pedaç ocular — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Chinese Mandarin: 眼罩 (yǎnzhào) — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Czech: páska přes oko — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Czech: okluzor — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Danish: øjeklap — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Dutch: ooglap — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Dutch: ooglapje — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Esperanto: okulklapo — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Finnish: silmälappu — patch worn to cover one eye
  • French: cache-œil — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Galician: parche para o ollo — patch worn to cover one eye
  • German: Augenklappe — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Greek: καλύπτρα ματιού (kalýptra matioú) — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Hebrew: רטייה (retiyá) — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Hungarian: szemkötő — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Icelandic: leppur — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Indonesian: penutup mata — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Indonesian: alas mata — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Irish: bileog shúile — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Italian: occlusore — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Japanese: 眼帯 (gantai) — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Khmer: របាំងភ្នែក (rɔɔbangphnɛɛk) — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Korean: 안대 (andae) — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Latin: splēnium — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Māori: kōpani mata — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Norwegian: lapp for øyet — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Polish: przepaska na oko — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Polish: opaska na oko — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Portuguese: tapa-olho — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Romansh: viertgel per ils egls — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Russian: повя́зка на глазу́ (povjázka na glazú) — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Russian: глазна́я повя́зка (glaznája povjázka) — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Spanish: parche para el ojo — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Spanish: parche ocular — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Swedish: ögonlapp — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Tagalog: babat — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Vietnamese: vá mắt — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Vietnamese: băng mắt — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Vietnamese: miếng che mắt — patch worn to cover one eye
  • Welsh: clwtyn llygad — patch worn to cover one eye