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one-eyed

adj · 3 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈwʌnˌaɪd/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having only a single eye, particularly when a greater number is normal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Being able to see out of only one eye.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

having or showing only one eye

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • one-eyed Jacks are wild
  • the three one-eyed Cyclopes of Greek myth

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English oneyed, on-eied, on-eiȝed, from Old English ānēġed (“one-eyed”), from Proto-Germanic *ainaugidaz, equivalent to one + eyed. Compare Old English ānīeġe (“one-eyed”), Scots ane-eit, aan eet (“one-eyed”), Saterland Frisian eenooged (“one-eyed”), West Frisian ieneagich (“one-eyed”), Dutch eenogig (“one-eyed”), German einäugig (“one-eyed”), Danish enøjet (“one-eyed”), Swedish enögd (“one-eyed”), Icelandic ein-eygður, ein-eygur (“one-eyed”).

Across languages

Translations

76 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَعْوَر (ʔaʕwar) — having only a single eye
  • Arabic: عَوْرَاء (ʕawrāʔ) — having only a single eye
  • Arabic: أعور (aʕwar) — having only a single eye
  • Arabic: عور (ʕwar) — having only a single eye
  • Armenian: միականի (miakani) — having only a single eye
  • Asturian: tuertu — having only a single eye
  • Basque: begibakar — having only a single eye
  • Belarusian: аднаво́кі (adnavóki) — having only a single eye
  • Bulgarian: едноо́к (ednoók) — having only a single eye
  • Catalan: borni — having only a single eye
  • Catalan: tort — having only a single eye
  • Chinese Mandarin: 獨眼 /独眼 (dúyǎn) — having only a single eye
  • Czech: jednooký — having only a single eye
  • Danish: enøjet — having only a single eye
  • Dutch: eenogig — having only a single eye
  • Faroese: einoygdur — having only a single eye
  • Finnish: yksisilmäinen — having only a single eye
  • French: borgne — having only a single eye
  • Galician: torto — having only a single eye
  • Galician: breco — having only a single eye
  • Galician: chosco — having only a single eye
  • German: einäugig — having only a single eye
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (haihs) — having only a single eye
  • Ancient Greek: μονόφθαλμος (monóphthalmos) — having only a single eye
  • Ancient Greek: ἑτερόφθαλμος (heteróphthalmos) — having only a single eye
  • Ancient Greek: γιλός (gilós) — having only a single eye
  • Hindi: काना (kānā) — having only a single eye
  • Hungarian: félszemű — having only a single eye
  • Hungarian: egyszemű — having only a single eye
  • Icelandic: eineygður — having only a single eye
  • Icelandic: eineygur — having only a single eye
  • Ido: tuerta — having only a single eye
  • Irish: aonsúileach — having only a single eye
  • Irish: leathshúileach — having only a single eye
  • Italian: guercio — having only a single eye
  • Italian: orbo — having only a single eye
  • Japanese: 一つ目の (hitotsu me no) — having only a single eye
  • Old Javanese: picĕk — having only a single eye
  • Korean: 외눈의 (oenunui) — having only a single eye
  • Latin: luscus — having only a single eye
  • Latin: ūnoculus — having only a single eye
  • Latin: cocles — having only a single eye
  • Macedonian: едноок (ednook) — having only a single eye
  • Middle English: oneyed — having only a single eye
  • Norman: bône — having only a single eye
  • Norwegian Bokmål: enøyd — having only a single eye
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: einøygd — having only a single eye
  • Old English: ānīeġe — having only a single eye
  • Persian: یکچشم (yek-češm) — having only a single eye
  • Plautdietsch: eenuagich — having only a single eye
  • Polish: jednooki — having only a single eye
  • Portuguese: caolho — having only a single eye
  • Portuguese: zanolho — having only a single eye
  • Portuguese: zarolho — having only a single eye
  • Portuguese: zerê — having only a single eye
  • Romanian: chior — having only a single eye
  • Russian: одногла́зый (odnoglázyj) — having only a single eye
  • Russian: криво́й (krivój) — having only a single eye
  • Scottish Gaelic: leth-shùileach — having only a single eye
  • Scottish Gaelic: cam — having only a single eye
  • Serbo-Croatian: једно̀ок — having only a single eye
  • Serbo-Croatian: jednòok — having only a single eye
  • Slovak: jednooký — having only a single eye
  • Slovene: enook — having only a single eye
  • Spanish: tuerto — having only a single eye
  • Spanish: chejo — having only a single eye
  • Spanish: lusco — having only a single eye
  • Swedish: enögd — having only a single eye
  • Telugu: కాణము (kāṇamu) — having only a single eye
  • Turkish: tek göz — having only a single eye
  • Turkmen: ýekegöz — having only a single eye
  • Ukrainian: одноо́кий (odnoókyj) — having only a single eye
  • Walloon: boigne — having only a single eye
  • Welsh: coeg — having only a single eye
  • Welsh: unllygeidiog — having only a single eye
  • Welsh: coegog — having only a single eye