Phrase guide

wide-angle lens

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A short focal length lens having a wide field of view.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a camera lens having a wider than normal angle of view (and usually a short focal length); produces an image that is foreshortened in the center and increasingly distorted in the periphery

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fisheye lens

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: camera lens, optical lens

History

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Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: objectiu gran angular — short focal length lens
  • Chinese Mandarin: 廣角鏡頭 /广角镜头 (guǎngjiǎo jìngtóu) — short focal length lens
  • Danish: vidvinkel — short focal length lens
  • Danish: vidvinkelobjektiv — short focal length lens
  • Dutch: groothoeklens — short focal length lens
  • Finnish: laajakulmaobjektiivi — short focal length lens
  • French: grand-angle — short focal length lens
  • French: objectif grand angulaire — short focal length lens
  • German: Weitwinkelobjektiv — short focal length lens
  • Hebrew: עדשה רחבה (adashá rekhavá) — short focal length lens
  • Hebrew: עצמית רחבת זווית (atsmít rakhavát zavít) — short focal length lens
  • Hungarian: nagy látószögű objektív — short focal length lens
  • Italian: grandangolo — short focal length lens
  • Italian: grandangolare — short focal length lens
  • Māori: arotahi whārahi — short focal length lens
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vidvinkel — short focal length lens
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vidvinkelobjektiv — short focal length lens
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vidvinkellinse — short focal length lens
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vidvinkel — short focal length lens
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vidvinkelobjektiv — short focal length lens
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vidvinkellinse — short focal length lens
  • Polish: obiektyw szerokokątny — short focal length lens
  • Portuguese: lente grande-angular — short focal length lens
  • Portuguese: objetiva grande-angular — short focal length lens
  • Russian: широкоуго́льный объекти́в (širokougólʹnyj obʺjektív) — short focal length lens
  • Spanish: objetivo gran angular — short focal length lens
  • Swedish: vidvinkellins — short focal length lens
  • Turkish: geniş açılı lens — short focal length lens
  • Ukrainian: ширококу́тний об'єкти́в (šyrokokútnyj obʺjektýv) — short focal length lens