eyeglass

English

Etymology

From eye +‎ glass.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪˌɡlæs/

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Noun

eyeglass (plural eyeglasses)

1. An artificial lens, especially one of a pair.
2. A monocle.
3. An eyepiece.
4. (obsolete) The lens of the eye.
   • c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     Ha' not you seen, Camillo? / (But that's past doubt; you have, or your eye-glass / Is thicker than a cuckold's horn)

5. attributive form of eyeglasses

   an eyeglass repair kit

Translations

a lens, especially one of a pair

• Bulgarian: леща (bg) f (lešta)
• Ido: okulvitro, okulalo (io)
• Irish: spéacla m
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: عینەک ('înek), چاوێلکە (çawêlke)

• Russian: ли́нза (ru) f (línza)
• Tok Pisin: aiglas

a monocle

• Bulgarian: монокъл m (monokǎl)
• French: monocle (fr) m
• German: Augenglas (de) n
• Ido: monoklo (io)
• Irish: spéacla m
• Russian: моно́кль (ru) m (monóklʹ)

eyepiece — see eyepiece

Anagrams

• glass eye, glasseye