noun
Meaning 1
Eyesight, unaided by equipment such as a telescope or microscope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- visible to the naked eye
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
naked eye
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/ˌneɪ.kəˈdaɪ/
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noun
Meaning 2
the eye unaided by any optical instrument that alters the power of vision or alters the apparent size or distance of objects
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it is not safe to look directly at the sun with the naked eye
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: eye, oculus, optic
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: عَيْن مُجَرَّدَة (ʕayn mujarrada) — unaided eyesight
- Assamese: খালি চকু (khali soku) — unaided eyesight
- Asturian: simple vista — unaided eyesight
- Catalan: ull nu — unaided eyesight
- Chinese Mandarin: 肉眼 (ròuyǎn) — unaided eyesight
- Chinese Mandarin: 裸眼 (luǒyǎn) — unaided eyesight
- Dutch: blote oog — unaided eyesight
- Esperanto: nuda okulo — unaided eyesight
- Estonian: paljas silm — unaided eyesight
- Finnish: paljas silmä — unaided eyesight
- French: œil nu — unaided eyesight
- Georgian: შეუიარაღებელი თვალი (šeuiaraɣebeli tvali) — unaided eyesight
- German: bloßes Auge — unaided eyesight
- German: Freiäugig — unaided eyesight
- Hebrew: עַיִן בִּלְתִּי מְזֻיֶּנֶת (ayin biltí m'zuyénet) — unaided eyesight
- Hungarian: szabad szemmel — unaided eyesight
- Japanese: 肉眼 (nikugan) — unaided eyesight
- Japanese: 裸眼 (ragan) — unaided eyesight
- Kazakh: жай көз (jai köz) — unaided eyesight
- Korean: 육안 (yugan) — unaided eyesight
- Macedonian: голо око (golo oko) — unaided eyesight
- Norman: yi nu — unaided eyesight
- Norwegian Bokmål: det blotte øye — unaided eyesight
- Persian: چشم غیرمسلح — unaided eyesight
- Polish: gołe oko — unaided eyesight
- Portuguese: olho nu — unaided eyesight
- Portuguese: vista desarmada — unaided eyesight
- Russian: невооружённым гла́зом (nevooružónnym glázom) — unaided eyesight
- Spanish: simple vista — unaided eyesight
- Swedish: blotta ögat — unaided eyesight