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pince-nez

noun · 2 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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  • /pænsˈneɪ/
  • /pæ̃sˈneɪ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Templeless eyeglasses that clip to the bridge of the nose.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nose glasses, Oxford glasses

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

spectacles clipped to the nose by a spring

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spectacles, specs, eyeglasses, glasses

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French pince-nez (literally “pinch-nose”).

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: պենսնե (pensne) — type of eyeglasses
  • Belarusian: пенснэ́ (pjensné) — type of eyeglasses
  • Belarusian: пэнснэ́ (pensné) — type of eyeglasses
  • Bulgarian: пенсне́ (pensné) — type of eyeglasses
  • Catalan: pinçanàs — type of eyeglasses
  • Chinese Mandarin: 夾鼻眼鏡 /夹鼻眼镜 (jiābíyǎnjìng) — type of eyeglasses
  • Czech: skřipec — type of eyeglasses
  • Czech: cvikr — type of eyeglasses
  • Danish: pincenez — type of eyeglasses
  • Dutch: knijpbril — type of eyeglasses
  • Dutch: pince-nez — type of eyeglasses
  • Esperanto: nazumo — type of eyeglasses
  • Finnish: nenälasit — type of eyeglasses
  • Finnish: pinnelasit — type of eyeglasses
  • French: pince-nez — type of eyeglasses
  • French: lorgnon — type of eyeglasses
  • Georgian: პენსნე (ṗensne) — type of eyeglasses
  • German: Zwicker — type of eyeglasses
  • German: Klemmer — type of eyeglasses
  • German: Kneifer — type of eyeglasses
  • German: Pincenez — type of eyeglasses
  • Hungarian: csiptető — type of eyeglasses
  • Hungarian: orrcsiptető — type of eyeglasses
  • Hungarian: cvikker — type of eyeglasses
  • Ido: binoklo — type of eyeglasses
  • Ido: naz-binoklo — type of eyeglasses
  • Italian: lenti a molla — type of eyeglasses
  • Italian: pince-nez — type of eyeglasses
  • Japanese: 鼻メガネ (hanamegane) — type of eyeglasses
  • Japanese: 鼻眼鏡 (hanamegane) — type of eyeglasses
  • Korean: 코안경 (koan'gyeong) — type of eyeglasses
  • Latvian: pensnejs — type of eyeglasses
  • Lithuanian: pensnė — type of eyeglasses
  • Macedonian: цвикери (cvikeri) — type of eyeglasses
  • Polish: binokle — type of eyeglasses
  • Polish: cwikier — type of eyeglasses
  • Portuguese: pincenê — type of eyeglasses
  • Portuguese: pencenê — type of eyeglasses
  • Portuguese: pince-nez — type of eyeglasses
  • Romanian: pince-nez — type of eyeglasses
  • Russian: пенсне́ (pensnɛ́) — type of eyeglasses
  • Serbo-Croatian: цвѝкер — type of eyeglasses
  • Serbo-Croatian: cvìker — type of eyeglasses
  • Slovak: škripec — type of eyeglasses
  • Slovene: ščipalnik — type of eyeglasses
  • Spanish: quevedos — type of eyeglasses
  • Swedish: pincené — type of eyeglasses
  • Turkish: pins-nez — type of eyeglasses
  • Ukrainian: пенсне́ (pensné) — type of eyeglasses
  • Ukrainian: цві́кер (cvíker) — type of eyeglasses
  • Uzbek: pensne — type of eyeglasses