noun
Meaning 1
An artificial lens, especially one of a pair.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
eyeglass
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈaɪˌɡlæs/
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CMU ARPABET: AY1 G L AE2 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A monocle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
An eyepiece.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
The lens of the eye.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 5
Attributive form of eyeglasses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, form-of
Examples
- an eyeglass repair kit
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noun
Meaning 6
lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: monocle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lens, lense, lens system
History
Etymology
From eye + glass.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: леща (lešta) — a lens, especially one of a pair
- Ido: okulvitro — a lens, especially one of a pair
- Ido: okulalo — a lens, especially one of a pair
- Irish: spéacla — a lens, especially one of a pair
- Central Kurdish: عینەک ('înek) — a lens, especially one of a pair
- Central Kurdish: چاوێلکە (çawêlke) — a lens, especially one of a pair
- Polish: soczewka — a lens, especially one of a pair
- Russian: ли́нза (línza) — a lens, especially one of a pair
- Tok Pisin: aiglas — a lens, especially one of a pair
- Bulgarian: монокъл (monokǎl) — a monocle
- French: monocle — a monocle
- German: Augenglas — a monocle
- Ido: monoklo — a monocle
- Irish: spéacla — a monocle
- Polish: monokl — a monocle
- Russian: моно́кль (monóklʹ) — a monocle