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goldeneye

noun · 5 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɡəʊldənaɪ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: G OW1 L D AH0 N AY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of several seaducks, of the genus Bucephala, having black and white plumage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of several lacewings of the family Chrysopidae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any of several flowering plants of the subtribe Helianthinae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: whistler, Bucephela clangula

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: duck

Narrower terms: Barrow's goldeneye, Bucephala islandica

5

noun

Meaning 5

a variety of green lacewing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: golden-eyed fly

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: green lacewing, chrysopid, stink fly

History

Etymology

From golden + eye.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: потапница (potapnica) — duck
  • Bulgarian: звънарка (zvǎnarka) — duck
  • Catalan: morell — duck
  • Danish: hvinand — duck
  • Dutch: brilduiker — duck
  • Esperanto: klangulo — duck
  • Faroese: súgont — duck
  • Finnish: telkkä — duck
  • Galician: ollodourado — duck
  • Greek: βουκέφαλος η σαλπίζουσα (voukéfalos i salpízousa) — duck
  • Greek: αγριόπαπια (agriópapia) — duck
  • Irish: órshúileach — duck
  • Italian: quattrocchi — duck
  • Lithuanian: klykuõlė — duck
  • Lower Tanana: tthik'oneya — duck
  • Navajo: naalʼeełí binááʼ łitsooígíí — duck
  • Norwegian: kvinand — duck
  • Romanian: rață sunătoare — duck
  • Russian: го́голь (gógolʹ) — duck
  • Inari-Sami: čuáđgi — duck
  • Lule-Sami: tjoargge — duck
  • Northern Sami: čoađgi — duck
  • Skolt-Sami: čuäʹdǧǧ — duck
  • Ume-Sami: tjåđggie — duck
  • Spanish: porrón — duck
  • Swedish: knipa — duck
  • Venetan: campanato — duck
  • Bulgarian: златоочица (zlatoočica) — fly of the family Chrysopidae
  • Finnish: harsokorento — fly of the family Chrysopidae
  • Russian: златогла́зка (zlatoglázka) — fly of the family Chrysopidae
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