lorgnette

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• UK: /ˈlɔː.njɛt/
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• General-American: /ˈlɔɹ.njɛt/
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• rhymes with -ɛt
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Borrowed from French lorgnette, from lorgner (“to take a sidelong look at”) (from Middle French lorgne (“crosseyed”)).

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: лорнет (lornet) — opera glass with a handle
• Catalan: impertinents — opera glass with a handle
• Dutch: toneelkijker — opera glass with a handle
• Dutch: binocle — opera glass with a handle
• Dutch: lorgnet — opera glass with a handle
• Estonian: lornjett — opera glass with a handle
• Finnish: lornetti — opera glass with a handle
• French: binocle — opera glass with a handle
• French: lorgnette — opera glass with a handle
• French: lorgnon — opera glass with a handle
• Georgian: ლორნეტი (lorneṭi) — opera glass with a handle
• German: Lorgnon — opera glass with a handle
• German: Lorgnette — opera glass with a handle
• Greek: κιάλι (kiáli) — opera glass with a handle
• Hungarian: lornyon — opera glass with a handle
• Hungarian: lornyett — opera glass with a handle
• Ido: lorneto — opera glass with a handle
• Ido: binoklo — opera glass with a handle
• Ido: manu-binoklo — opera glass with a handle
• Ido: bilorneto — opera glass with a handle
• Italian: fassamano — opera glass with a handle
• Italian: occhialetto — opera glass with a handle
• Italian: occhialino — opera glass with a handle
• Polish: lorgnon — opera glass with a handle
• Polish: lornion — opera glass with a handle
• Russian: лорне́т (lornét) — opera glass with a handle
• Serbo-Croatian: ло̀рњет — opera glass with a handle
• Serbo-Croatian: ло̀рњо̄н — opera glass with a handle
• Serbo-Croatian: lòrnjet — opera glass with a handle
• Serbo-Croatian: lòrnjōn — opera glass with a handle
• Swedish: lornjett — opera glass with a handle