eyelid

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• /ˈaɪ.lɪd/
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From Middle English eyelidd, eye-led, eiȝelid, eghe-lydd, yȝe-lydd, ehlid, yhelidd, from an unrecorded Old English *ēaghlid (“eyelid”), from Proto-West Germanic *augahlid (“eyelid”), equivalent to eye + lid. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oogenlid (“eyelid”), West Frisian eachlid (“eyelid”), Dutch ooglid (“eyelid”), German Low German Ooglidd (“eyelid”), German Augenlid (“eyelid”). Generally superseded non-native Middle English palpebre (“eyelid”), borrowed from Latin palpebra (“eyelid”) (see Modern English palpebra).

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• Afrikaans: ooglid — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Albanian: qepallë — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Southern Altai: кабак (kabak) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Southern Altai: јыкпык (ǰïkpïk) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Arabic: جَفْن (jafn) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Arabic: جفن (gefn) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Arabic: جفن (jifin) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Armenian: կոպ (kop) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Asturian: párpagu — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Asturian: párpadu — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Atayal: klabi' — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Azerbaijani: göz qapağı — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• West Coast Bajau: kulit moto — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Bashkir: ҡабаҡ (qabaq) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Bashkir: күҙ ҡабағы (küź qabağı) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Basque: betazal — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Belarusian: паве́ка (pavjéka) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Bengali: চোখের পাতা (cōkher pata) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Bengali: নেত্রপল্লব (netropollob) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Bhojpuri: पलक (palak) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Bulgarian: клепка (klepka) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Bulgarian: клепач (klepač) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Burmese: မျက်ခွံ (myakhkwam) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Burmese: မျက်လွှာ (myakhlwa) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Catalan: parpella — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Chichewa: chikope — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Chinese Mandarin: 眼皮 (yǎnpí) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Chinese Mandarin: 瞼 /睑 (jiǎn) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Chinese Mandarin: 眼瞼 /眼睑 (yǎnjiǎn) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Czech: oční víčko — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Czech: víčko — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Danish: øjelåg — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Danish: øjenlåg — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Dutch: ooglid — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Esperanto: palpebro — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Estonian: silmalaug — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Faroese: eygnalok — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Finnish: silmäluomi — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• French: paupière — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• West-Frisian: eachlid — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Friulian: palpiere — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Galician: pálpebra — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Galician: capela — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Georgian: ქუთუთო (kututo) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• German: Augenlid — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• German: Lid — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• German: Aaugedeggl — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Greek: βλέφαρο (vléfaro) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Ancient Greek: βλέφαρον (blépharon) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Gujarati: પોપચું (popcũ) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Gujarati: અક્ષિપુટ (akṣipuṭ) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Haitian Creole: poje — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Hawaiian: ʻūpoʻi maka — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Hawaiian: kuapoʻimaka — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Hawaiian: lihilihi — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Hebrew: עַפְעַף (af'af) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Hindi: पपोटा (papoṭā) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Hindi: पलक (palak) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• White Hmong: tawv muag — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Hungarian: szemhéj — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Icelandic: augnlok — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Icelandic: brá — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Icelandic: hvarmur — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Ido: palpebro — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Indonesian: kelopak mata — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Interlingua: palpebra — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Irish: caipín súile — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Irish: mogall súile — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Irish: duille — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Italian: palpebra — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Japanese: 瞼 (mabuta) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Jeju: 눈두께 (nundukke) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Jeju: 눈두에 (nundue) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Jeju: 눈곽 (nun'gwak) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Jeju: 눈망둥이 (nunmangdung'i) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Kazakh: қабақ (qabaq) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Khmer: ត្របកភ្នែក (trɑɑbɑɑk phnɛɛk) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Korean: 눈꺼풀 (nunkkeopul) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Central Kurdish: پەڵگ (pellg) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Kyrgyz: кабак (kabak) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Lao: ຫນັງຕາ (nang tā) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Lao: ຮິມຕາ (him tā) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Latin: palpebra — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Latin: cilium — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Latvian: plakstiņš — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Laz: თოლი-კამწამი (toli-ǩamǯami) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Laz: ფამფარი (pampari) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Lingala: eteke — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Lithuanian: akies vokas — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Low German: Ogenlid — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Macedonian: клепка (klepka) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Macedonian: капак (kapak) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Malay: kelopak mata — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Malayalam: കൺപോള (kaṇpōḷa) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Maltese: kappell tal-għajn — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Manchu: ᡥᡠᠮᠰᡠᠨ (humsun) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Māori: paeraro — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Māori: paerunga — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Māori: kimo — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Māori: kimokimo — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Māori: rewha — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Marathi: पापणी (pāpṇī) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Mingrelian: ქაქაბი (kakabi) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Mingrelian: თოლიშ ლუბა (toliš luba) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Mongolian: зовхи (zovxi) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Navajo: anázis — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Nepali: परेली (parelī) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Norman: paûpiéthe — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Norwegian Bokmål: øyelokk — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Norwegian Bokmål: øyenlokk — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Norwegian Nynorsk: augelok — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Occitan: parpèla — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Occitan: parpèl — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Old Church Slavonic: вѣжда (věžda) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Church Slavic: вѣко (věko) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Old East Slavic: вѣко (věko) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Old English: brǣw — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Persian: پلک (pelk) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Persian: پلکه (poloke) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Persian: پرک (perk) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Persian: بلگ (balg) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Persian: مچه (moče) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Polish: powieka — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Portuguese: pálpebra — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Punjabi: ਛੱਪਰ (chappar) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Punjabi: ਪਲਕ (palak) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Rapa Nui: papare mata — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Romanian: pleoapă — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Russian: ве́ко (véko) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Santali: ᱢᱮᱫ ᱠᱩᱴᱤ (met’ kuṭi) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Scottish Gaelic: rosg — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Serbo-Croatian: капак — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Serbo-Croatian: вјеђа — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Serbo-Croatian: kapak — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Serbo-Croatian: vjeđa — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Slovak: očné viečko — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Slovak: viečko — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Spanish: párpado — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Spanish: pálpebra — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Sranan Tongo: aibuba — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Svan: თალაფა (talapa) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Swahili: kope — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Swedish: ögonlock — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Tagalog: takipmata — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Tagalog: takubmata — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Tagalog: talukapmata — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Tajik: пилк (pilk) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Tamil: இரப்பை (irappai) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Telugu: కనురెప్ప (kanureppa) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Telugu: రెప్ప (reppa) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Thai: เปลือกตา (bplʉ̀ʉak-dtaa) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Thai: หนังตา (nǎng-dtaa) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Thai: กลีบตา — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Turkish: göz kapağı — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Turkish: gözkapağı — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Ottoman Turkish: گوز قپاغی (göz kapağı) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Ottoman Turkish: جفن (cefn) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Turkmen: gabak — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Ukrainian: пові́ка (povíka) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Ukrainian: ві́ко (víko) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Urdu: پپوٹا (papoṭā) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Urdu: پلک (palk) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Uyghur: قاپاق (qapaq) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Uyghur: قات قاپاق (qat qapaq) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Uyghur: قوش قاپاق (qosh qapaq) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Uzbek: qovoq — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Uzbek: koʻz qovogʻI — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Venetan: palpiera — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Venetan: palpera — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Vietnamese: mí mắt — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Vietnamese: mí — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Volapük: logalip — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Welsh: amrant — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Welsh: caead y llygad — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Welsh: clawr llygad — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Welsh: gran — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Welsh: lledael — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Yiddish: אויגנלעדל (oygnledl) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Yiddish: אויגנלעפּל (oygnlepl) — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Yoruba: ìpéǹpéjù — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Yoruba: bèbè ojú — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Yoruba: awẹ́ ojú òkè — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
• Zhuang: buengzda — anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye