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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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