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eye en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈɒɪ̯/ (Australia)
  • [ˈɒ̈ɪ̯] (Australia)
  • /ˈaɪ̯/
  • [ˈaː] Southern US, General South African, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
  • audio
  • /ˈaː/ Southern US, General South African, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
  • [ˈɑ̟ɪ̯] (Australia)
  • [ˈaɪ̯]
  • /ˈɑɪ̯/ (Australia)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der. Proto-Germanic *augô Proto-West Germanic *augā Old English ēage Middle English eye English eye From Middle English e, eye, eyghe, eyȝe, eȝhe, iȝe, ye, yhe, from Old English ēage, ēge (“eye”), from Proto-West Germanic *augā, from Proto-Germanic *augô (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Related to ogle. Cognates Cognate with Yola iee (“eye”), Scots ee, eh (“eye”), North Frisian oog, uuch, uug (“eye”), Saterland Frisian Oge, Ooge (“eye”), West Frisian each (“eye”), Alemannic German, Bavarian Aug (“eye”), Central Franconian Au, Auch, Ooch (“eye”), Dutch oog (“eye”), German Aug, Auge (“eye”), Low German Auge, Oog (“eye”), Luxembourgish A (“eye”), Vilamovian aojg, aug, oüg (“eye”), Yiddish אויג (oyg, “eye”), Danish øje (“eye”), Elfdalian oga (“eye”), Faroese eyga (“eye”), Icelandic auga (“eye”), Norwegian Bokmål øye (“eye”), Norwegian Nynorsk aua, aue, auga, auge (“eye”), Scanian yva (“eye”), Swedish öga (“eye”), Crimean Gothic oeghene (“eyes”), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 (augō, “eye”), Estonian auk (“hole”), Finnish and Votic aukko (“hole”), Ingrian aukko, aukku (“hole”), Livonian ouk (“hole; hollow”). Other Indo-European cognates include Breton eneb (“inverse; face; honour”), Cornish enep (“face; exterior; surface”), Gaulish ops (“eye”), Old Irish enech (“face; front; honour”), Welsh wyneb (“face; front; cheek”), Latin oclus, oculus (“eye”), Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps, “eye; face”), Albanian sy (“eye”), Latgalian and Latvian acs (“eye”), Lithuanian and Samogitian akis (“eye”), Old Prussian ackis (“eye”), Belarusian во́ка (vóka, “eye”), Bulgarian and Macedonian око́ (okó, “eye”), Carpathian Rusyn, Russian, and Ukrainian о́ко (óko, “eye”), Czech, Polish, Slovak, and Slovene oko (“eye”), Kashubian òkò (“eye”), Lower Sorbian hoko, woko (“eye”), Polabian våťü (“eye”), Serbo-Croatian о̏ко, ȍko (“eye”), Silesian ôko (“eye”), Slovincian wôkô (“eye”), Upper Sorbian woko (“eye”), Armenian ակն (akn, “eye”), Northern Kurdish enî (“forehead”), Ashkun aċĩ (“eye”), Kamkata-viri ače, ačẽ, ači (“eye”), Prasuni ižī, ižĩ (“eye”), Tregami ac̣ĩ (“eye”), Waigali ačẽ (“eye”), Tocharian A ak (“eye”), Tocharian B ek (“eye”), Sanskrit अक्षि (akṣi, “eye”). The archaic plural form eyen is from Middle English eyen, from Old English ēaġan, nominative and accusative plural of ēaġe (“eye”).

Meanings

  1. An organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”).
    • Now with a bitter smile, whose light did shine / Like a fiend’s hope upon his lips and eyne, / He said, and the persuasion of that sneer / Rallied his trembling comrades— […] 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 361:
    • Were it to search the furthest Northern clime / Where frosty Hyems with an ycie Mace / Strikes dead all living things, Ide find it out, / And borrowing fire from those fayre sunny eyne / Thaw Winters frost and warme that dead cold clime: […] 1605, The Trial of Chivalry:
    • To vvhat, my loue, ſhall I compare thine eyne? / Chriſtall is muddy. c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, A Midsommer Nights Dreame. […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Thomas Fisher, […], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
    • Bright lights really hurt my eyes.
    • It is scarcely possible to avoid comparing the eye to a telescope. 1859 November 24, Charles Darwin, “Difficulties on Theory”, in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 188:
    • The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. 2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 07 Sep 2013:
    • Near-synonym: eyeball
    • She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry. 1921, Ben Travers, chapter I, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
    • [H]is eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter XVII, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  2. The visual sense.
    • The car was quite pleasing to the eye, but impractical.
  3. The iris of the eye, being of a specified colour.
    • Natalie’s brown eyes looked into Jim’s blue eyes, and the girl and boy flirted.
    • Brown, blue, green, hazel eyes.
  4. Attention, notice.
    • That dress caught her eye.
    • In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete. The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness. The Celebrity as a matter of course was master of ceremonies. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
  5. The ability to notice what others might miss.
    • Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
    • He has an eye for talent.
  6. (usually, with the) A meaningful look or stare. ▸ A sexually or romantically suggestive one.
    • She was giving him the eye at the bar.
  7. (usually, with the) A meaningful look or stare. ▸ An angry, annoyed, or malicious one.
    • When the car cut her off, she gave him the eye.
  8. (usually, with the) A meaningful look or stare. ▸ An angry, annoyed, or malicious one. ▸ An evil one.
    • He sought the help of an alchemist regarding remedies to ward off the eye.
  9. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of private eye.
    • Far more annoying were the letters from parents of missing daughters and the private detectives who had begun showing up at his door. Independently of each other, the Cigrand and Conner families had hired “eyes” to search for their missing daughters. 2003, Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, Random House, →ISBN, page 199:
  10. A hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed.
  11. The oval hole of an axehead through which the axehandle is fitted.
    • [H]e struck the Duffer a sharp blow on the back of the head with the eye of the axe, and left him stunned and senseless on the earth[.] 1856 October 18, The People’s Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator, Sydney, N.S.W., page 6, column 1:
  12. A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage of a cord or line.
  13. A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a hook, pin, rope, shaft, etc.; for example, at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss, through a crank, at the end of a rope, or through a millstone.
  14. (US) A burner on a kitchen stove, hob, or cooktop.
  15. A central and focal portion of any of several things. ▸ The relatively calm and clear centre of a hurricane or other cyclonic storm.
    • the eye of the hurricane
    • the eye of the storm
  16. (informal) A central and focal portion of any of several things. ▸ The dark brown centre of a black-eyed Susan flower.
  17. A central and focal portion of any of several things. ▸ The hilum of a seed or bean, or the hilum plus any rings of color that surround it; for example, the dark spot on a black-eyed pea.
  18. A central and focal portion of any of several things. ▸ The circle in the centre of a volute.
  19. A central and focal portion of any of several things. ▸ A central area in a portion of a carcass being butchered into cuts of meat, such as a certain muscle partly surrounded by fat (for example, a longissimus dorsi); a cut that includes a portion of it.
    • loin eye
    • rib eye
  20. A mark on an animal, such as a butterfly or peacock, resembling a human eye.
  21. A reproductive bud in a potato.
  22. That which resembles the eye in relative beauty or importance.
    • the very eye of that proverb 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vii]:
    • Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts 1671, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:
  23. A shade of colour; a tinge.
    • Red vvith an Eye of Blevv, makes a Purple; and by theſe ſimple Compoſitions again Compounded among themſelves, the Skilful Painter can produce vvhat kind of Colour he pleaſes, and a great many more than vve have yet Names for. 1664, Robert Boyle, “Experiment XII”, in Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours. […], London: […] Henry Herringman […], →OCLC, part III (Containing Promiscuous Experiments about Colours), page 220:
  24. One of the holes in certain kinds of cheese.
  25. (in-plural) The foremost part of a ship's bows; the hawseholes.
  26. The enclosed counter (“negative space”) of the lower-case letter e.
    • The “e” was a bit over-inked, with a blacked-out eye. 2022, Hernan Diaz, Trust, Picador (2023):
  27. (qualifier:go) An empty point or group of points surrounded by one player's stones.
  28. (plural-normally) Opinion, view.
    • This victory will make us great in the eyes of the world.
  29. Synonym of pit-eye.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
eyes Number=Plur lexicographic
ee Northern-England, Scotland, alternative, archaic lexicographic
eie alternative, obsolete lexicographic
eyen Number=Plur archaic, dialectal lexicographic
ey alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Coordinates

boss · ear

Deriveds (first 500 of 516)

dragon's eye · take the red eye · fox eye · eye for eye · eyereach · eye to eye · seeing-eye dog · Red Eye · bull's eye · eyestring · apple of the eye · stye · damn my eyes · pop-eye · eyelet · eyeful · get one's eye in · hawk-eye · here's mud in your eye · eyecorner · eye-fuck · blear eye · eye-popper · eye agate · lay one's eyes on · eye bounce · in the wind's eye · bird's eye chili · loineye · fish-eye · -eyed · eye-catcher · it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye · turn a blind eye · eyefuck · eyedropper · goldeye · opaleye · pipe the eye · eye-sweet · eye-searing · eyestreak · eyewinker · eye doctor · apotropaic eye · give the eye · eff why eye · eye sight · eyewash · eye for an eye · ox-eye · eyecatcher · eyetracker · no eye see · half-eye · one in the eye for · give one's eye-teeth · rib eye · eye-drops · an eye for an eye · roaming eye · mooneye · eyeglasses · have one's eye out · pheasant's-eye · eyespot · pinkeye · worm's-eye view · under-eye bag · eye pattern · wattle-eye · eye-socket · catch the eye · compound eye · would give a Jew's eye · eyeshade · eye contact · eye sex · eye-glassed · eye-gougingly · eyestone · mind your eye · eye pencil · eyegasm · puppy dog eyes · doll's eye sign · all-seeing eye · pipe one's eye · shit eye · eyemask · easy on the eye · eye colour · eye-lock · blood in one's eye · pearl eye · monoeye · glasseye · apple of someone's eye · eye of the beholder · eye color · deadeye · eye hoe · eye-strain · Sleepy Eye · eyewear · bag beneath the eye · keep an eye peeled · eye-shade · eye animalcule · half an eye · razor eye · pig's eye · brown eye · needle-in-the-eye syndrome · eye-filling · eye music · in the eye of the wind · red-eye gravy · eyeborg · eye-winker · eye-wateringly · eye bleach · bung eye · blue eye cod · eyeliner · close one eye · Elliott eye · eyes down · bird's-eye · boss eye · naked-eye · give someone the eye · glad-eye · sheep's eye · glass eye · eyewire · eye lash · greeneye · eye-cup · side-eye · put the miller's eye out · I spy with my little eye · hawk's eye · give an eye-tooth · eyeward · third eye · eye roll · eye MD · eye-pit · throw dust in someone's eyes · eye-opener · eye-lash · eye-stripe · bag below one's eye · eye bag · fish eye · swivel eye · goldeneye · black eye · a sheet in the wind's eye · after-eye · eyebolt · eye service · eyelock · cross-eye · bag beneath one's eye · eye miniature · keep a weather eye open · night eye · eye-ball · eye bank · eye-witness · smize · screw eye · eye-mindedness · eyeblink · White Eyes · green in one's eye · eye-catchingly · blink of an eye · side eye · bigeye · camel through the eye of a needle · bat of an eye · bullseye · keep an eye out · pleasing on the eye · out of the corner of one's eye · eyesies · eye-ringed flatbill · fish-eye lens · as far as the eye can see · eyelid · electric eye · eye-opening · lover's eye · bat an eye · all eyes · public eye · by eye · wax-eye · in the wink of an eye · eye brow · evil-eye · slanteye · yelloweye · eye-to-eye · eyes in the boat · Ireland's Eye · pink-eye · seeing eye ball · eye witness · eye-server · have an eye for · eye-roll · eye-hand coordination · every shut eye isn't asleep · keep one's eyes peeled · bull's-eye · eyetooth · calyx eye · eye plate · rib-eye steak · eyehook · eyegear · eyetracks · selenium eye · eye-service · evil eye · eye-rape · eyer · Popeye · pope's eye · keep one's eye in · roundeye · tiger's eye · eye-gate · blue-eye · eye screw · better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick · for your eyes only · eyesore · bird's-eye view · eye-tooth · eyebag · tiger eye · thyroid eye disease · eye splice · duck's eye · googly eye · eye candy · cock-eye · rapid eye movement · bug eye · worm's eye view · eye job · cat's-eye · make eyes at · eye movement desensitization and reprocessing · eye chart · tiger's-eye · eyebar · worth a Jew's eye · eye-servant · Hawk-Eye · dead-eye Dick · eye tracking · eyewall · chi-by-eye · pheasant's eye · all my eye and Betty Martin · eye-minded · frog-eye salad · eyebath · bag under the eye · muscle-eye-brain disease · bullock's eye · eye-piece · eyesplice · sore eyes · eyeline · catch someone's eye · twinkle in one's father's eye · Jupiter's eye · rib-eye · eye lift · eye-popping · eyephone · eye power · red-eye flight · stink-eye · sight for sore eyes · eyeless · bare-eye · eyepoint · pale-faced bare-eye · four-eye principle · eye jammy · eye-drop · loose eye · glass blue-eye · eye opener · dry eye syndrome · private eye · eyeshot · eyegaze · webeye · bad eye · stick a needle in my eye · eyecap · without batting an eye · inner eye · in the blink of an eye · eye examination · eye-worthy · seeing eye dog · eye level · spacecraft's-eye · eye of day · eye-catching · roving eye · eyepiece · eyebright · eyewink · dead-eye · wipe someone's eye · more than meets the eye · eyeworthy · keep an eye open · under-eye · yellow-eye · eyeshine · eye-watering · beauty is in the eye of the beer holder · eye washer · beady eye · eye hook · naked eye · frog's-eye view · seeing-eye · eye wash · eyesalve · cockeye · donkey's eye · oxeye · light of one's eye · eyeflap · moon eye · master eye · diddley-eye · with an eye to · by the eye · eyeservant · hand-eye coordination · eyestripe · eye shadow · dry eye · eyesome · eyemark · eyeshadow · hook and eye · eyewards · hog's eye · have eyes for · with half an eye · God's eye · cat eye syndrome · eye-word · better than a poke in the eye · blackeye · rib eye steak · ox-eye daisy · eye rhyme · eyedrop · keep one's eye on the ball · twinkle in one's daddy's eye · eyeslit · cat-eye · eye dialect · eye-Q · eyelined · eyecare · Eye-Q · laser eye surgery · eyecup · fisheye · goggle-eye · eyeworm · pink eye · in a pig's eye · twinkling of an eye · eye tooth · big eye · white-eye · bird's-eye maple · Flemish eye · corner of the eye · eyes on the prize · red-eye · eyelash · bag around one's eye · eyewitness · stink eye · eyestay · eyeground · Kelly's eye · goo-goo eyes · silvereye · eyely · eyebrow · eye fuck · mind's eye · with an eye towards · cock eye · as far as the eye could see · eyeglance · gardener's eye · plat-eye · believe one's eyes · eyestalk · eye black · eye lens · thimbleeye · welder's eye · it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God · bag below the eye · almond eye · herding eye · overeye · eyestrain · shuteye · eyelift · cat's eye · entry point for the eye · smoky eye · eye of round · eye fly · eyeshield · eye-rolling · eyeglass · lazy eye · hand-eye · in the twinkling of an eye · eyering · Jap's eye · mud-eye · eye test · eyebeam · red eye · beauty is in the eye of the beholder · eye-string · keep an eye skinned · shut-eye · eye in the sky · eyebrow pencil · birdeye · enough to put in one's eye · bag around the eye · popeye · pit-eye · angel eye · eye up · fire-eye · sleep with one eye open · keep an eye on · something green in one's eye · browneye · barreleye · take one's eye off the ball · stank eye · raccoon eyes · eye booger · eye of the storm · all my eye · redeye · pleasing to the eye · eyeservice · eye-apple · crab's eye · eyeglobe · gooseberry eye · eye lock · without blinking an eye · eye fillet · poke someone's eye out · eye-poppingly · eye-sex · phantom eye syndrome · eagle eye · eyeball · eye M.D. · eye gunk · adze-eye hammer · weather eye · undereye · collie eye anomaly · throw an eye · eyehole · eye bolt · eyepaint

Descendants

ai · ae · ai · ae

Holonyms

head · facial expression · body · countenance · mien · face

Hypernyms

organ · body part

Hyponyms

oculus · ocellus

Meronyms

pupil · sclera · cone · cornea · iris · lens · rod · retina

Relateds

eyne · tapetum lucidum · neen (“eyes”)

Synonyms

lurk · stink eye · ogle · evil eye · eyeball · optic · stink eye · glim · orb · pit-eye · eyeball · peeper · mince pie · perceptiveness · globe · eye

Translations (954)

gu નેણ (organ) · tll(organ) · kix nyūvêi (organ) · bdq măt (organ) · gl fiestra (hole in needle) · xsr མིག (organ) · kjh харах (organ) · it occhio (ability to notice what others might miss) · bqi تی (organ) · sgs akis (organ) · it occhio (of a potato) · kaa kóz (organ) · cs očko (of a potato) · atv кӧз (organ) · sv öga (organ) · bor joku (organ) · suk liisǒ (organ) · ru чутьё (ability to notice what others might miss) · tao mata (organ) · niv няӽ (organ) · kld mil (organ) · egy ir:t*Z1 (organ) · sc oclu (organ) · bks mata (organ) · tft lako (organ) · el ματάκι (hole in needle) · ko(of a hurricane) · mwr आंख (organ) · my မျက်စိ (organ) · ill mata (organ) · gld исал (organ) · nah ixtetl (organ) · ny díso (organ) · nn auga (of a hurricane) · bo ཁབ་མིག (hole in needle) · kzh مسي (organ) · dlm vaclo (organ) · ja(organ) · sv öga (of a potato) · it occhio (of a hurricane) · nn auge (of a hurricane) · sv öga (of a hurricane) · ja(organ) · atv карак (organ) · nrf yi (organ) · mwl uolho (organ) · atv кӧс (organ) · el οφθαλμός (organ) · pt ocelo (mark on an animal resembling an eye) · sco ee (organ) · es ojo (mark on an animal resembling an eye) · grk-mar мат (organ) · zlw-slv wôkô (organ) · fbl mata (organ) · xh iliso (organ) · nn auge (organ) · ar عينين or ⁧عيون (organ) · mi kaikamo (organ) · km ភ្នែក (organ) · pt argola (loop of metal) · wa ouy (organ) · bn নয়ন (organ) · bg очички (of a potato) · hi आँख (organ) · haw maka (organ) · it cruna (hole in needle) · an güello (organ) · kk көз (organ) · tkl mata (organ) · is auga (organ) · mg maso (organ) · fr œil (organ) · af oog (organ) · ium m'zing (organ) · ps سترګه (organ) · ko(mark on an animal resembling an eye) · ru о́ко (organ) · kne mata (organ) · lld uedl (organ) · msm mata (organ) · gmw-ecg Aach (organ) · ain シㇰ (organ) · bbl ბჵარკ (organ) · tg чашм (organ) · clt ming (organ) · km គូទម្ជុល (hole in needle) · uk ву́шко (hole in needle) · bo ཐིག་ལེ (mark on an animal resembling an eye) · gl ollo (of a potato) · txb ek (organ) · myv сельме (organ) · nn auge (hole in needle) · ru глазо́к (of a potato) · la oculus (organ) · kls(organ) · plv mata (organ) · csb òkò (organ) · ml നേത്രം (organ) · tzm ⵜⵉⵟⵟ (organ) · pt olho (ability to notice what others might miss) · kmb risu (organ) · alt кӧс (organ) · roa-tar uècchije (organ) · ges mata (organ) · yao liso class 5 (organ) · ru глазо́к (mark on an animal resembling an eye) · eo okulo (of a hurricane) · kmr çav (organ) · av бер (organ) · lv acs (organ) · kak mata (organ) · xmf თოლი (organ) · de Knospe (of a potato) · fj mata (ability to notice what others might miss) · hu szem (of a hurricane) · te దృష్టి (ability to notice what others might miss) · lt auselė (hole in needle) · mbd mata (organ) · eo okulo (organ) · mn ᠨᠢᠳᠦ (organ) · gl robogón (loop of metal) · nb øye (hole in needle) · uk о́ко (organ) · tkn(organ) · pam mata (organ) · msb mata (organ) · kaw mata (organ) · akk 𒅆 (organ) · hi नयन (organ) · om ija (organ) · olo silmy (organ) · bal چھم (organ) · cs oko (organ) · rw ijisho (i-jīsho) (organ) · gld насал (organ) · tk göz (organ) · de Pfauenauge (mark on an animal resembling an eye) · sma tjelmie (organ) · ks چٔشِم (organ) · sce nudung (organ) · yag tala (organ) · gor mato (organ) · kw lagas (organ) · fo eyga (organ) · pms euj (organ) · da øje (mark on an animal resembling an eye) · ady нэ (organ) · ca ull (hole in needle) · lv acs (of a hurricane) · smk mata (organ) · et silm (hole in needle) · pt buraco (hole in needle) · xto ak (organ) · rm egl (organ) · nb øye (of a hurricane) · fi silmä (of a potato) · kr shim (organ) · sv nålsöga (hole in needle) · kky miil (organ) · slm mata (organ) · bnq mata (organ) · da nåleøje (hole in needle) · te చిల్లి (loop of metal) · ks نیٔتھٕر (organ) · wuu(organ) · sa लोचन (organ) · cdo(organ) · lv acs (of a potato) · sxn mata (organ) · wo bët (organ) · vma thurla (organ) · tdd ᥖᥣ (organ) · ast güeyu (organ) · tn leitlhô (organ) · udi пул (organ) · ve iṱo (organ) · hi चक्षु (organ) · non auga (organ) · wyi mirring (organ) · ceb mata (mark on an animal resembling an eye) · rif tiṭ (organ) · sat ᱢᱮᱫ (organ) · eee pja¹ (organ) · el μάτι (of a potato) · rhg suk (organ) · fur voli (organ) · zu iso (organ) · pl oczko (of a potato) · pi akkhi (organ) · el όμμα (organ) · el μάτι (of a hurricane) · ti ዓይኒ (organ) · ang ēage (organ) · ja(of a hurricane) · pl ucho (hole in needle) · af oog (of a potato) · he קוּף (hole in needle) · ka თვალი (organ) · bug mata (organ) · mfe lizie (organ) · ivb mata (organ) · tbl mata (organ) · nn auge (ability to notice what others might miss) · hu fok (hole in needle) · mmn mata (organ) · iry mata (organ) · sl oko (organ) · kpy лылалӈын (organ) · ru ушко́ (hole in needle) · dv ލޮަ (organ) · la foramen (hole in needle) · grc κύαρ (hole in needle) · hi नैना (organ) · gl argola (loop of metal) · eo rigardo (attention, notice) · acm عين (organ) · lmo öcc (organ) · gl arganel (loop of metal) · bn চোখ (organ) · ceb mata (sa dagom) (hole in needle) · gu આંખ (organ) · lg liiso (organ) · ota ایلیك (loop of metal) · zh 針眼 /针眼 (hole in needle) · sid ille (organ) · krc кёз (organ) · ks سٕژنہِ پۆہ (hole in needle) · hi कण (of a potato) · mt għajn (organ) · mn нүд (organ) · lbl mata (organ) · tyv карак (organ) · luo wang' (organ) · iu ᐃᔨ (organ) · uz koʻz (organ) · te కణుపు (of a potato) · ca ull (organ) · mwp purka (organ) · ki maitho (organ) · hil mata (organ) · lmo occ (organ) · de Nadelöhr (hole in needle) · xda mikkang (organ) · es ojo (ability to notice what others might miss) · aa inti (organ) · fo eyga (of a potato) · mi kōmata (of a potato) · orv око (organ) · phn 𐤏𐤍 (organ) · alh gulur (organ) · scn vùccula (loop of metal) · bo སྤྱན (organ) · wao húc'i (organ) · lo ຕາ (organ) · jv mripat (organ) · sux 𒅆 (organ) · ms عين (organ) · kjj пил (organ) · mi kōhao (hole in needle) · am ዓይን (organ) · lmy mata (organ) · so il (organ) · kim карак (organ) · arc ܥܝܢܐ (organ) · non øgha (organ) · nl gezichtsorgaan (organ) · zin elíiso class 5 (organ) · fi silmäkuvio (mark on an animal resembling an eye) · gl belorta (loop of metal) · jra mơta (organ) · bo ལྟ་ཚུལ (ability to notice what others might miss) · lb A (organ) · tmr עֵינָא (organ) · cjy 眼睛 (organ) · es lucero (organ) · yue 颱風眼 /台风眼 (of a hurricane) · txg 𗑉 (organ) · hu szem (organ) · grc τρῆμα (hole in needle) · mt għajn (of a hurricane) · tum jiso (organ) · ko 바늘귀 (hole in needle) · mr नयन (organ) · gad mata (organ) · wuu 眼睛 (organ) · shn တႃ (organ) · zza çum (organ) · ake en (organ) · dlg карак (organ) · khb ᦎᦱ (organ) · el ματάκι (of a potato) · sq sy (organ) · tpw esá (organ) · ce бӏаьрг (organ) · nds Oog (organ) · mww muag (organ) · mel mata (organ) · ha idṑ (organ) · ty mata (organ) · tpn esá (t-) (organ) · bg око́ (of a hurricane) · tr göz (organ) · mdh mata (organ) · ga súil (organ) · na eme (organ) · qu ñawi (organ) · bo མིག་རྒྱང (ability to notice what others might miss) · an uello (organ) · nl kijker (organ) · cy llygad (organ) · su panon (organ) · bg око́ (ability to notice what others might miss) · bqi تە (organ) · af oog (ability to notice what others might miss) · ha ijiya (organ) · grc ὀφθαλμός (organ) · co occhju (organ) · tbw mata (organ) · ivb mata (organ) · de Aug (organ) · kk көз (hole in needle) · gv sooill (organ) · yue 針眼 /针眼 (hole in needle) · sa चक्षुष् (organ) · bn আঁখি (organ) · ssq mata (organ) · lbk mata (organ) · bo མིག (organ) · twf cínemą (organ) · ro ochi (organ) · pox våťü (organ) · ba күҙ (organ) · sc oglu (organ) · it occhiello (loop of metal) · peh nedong (organ) · es ojo del huracán (of a hurricane) · sh oko (organ) · pis ae (organ) · ibg mata (organ) · sma tjälmie (organ) · zh(organ) · nl oog (ability to notice what others might miss) · mk око (ability to notice what others might miss) · kdr кӧз (organ) · za da (organ) · xcl աչք (organ) · sc ocru (organ) · gld ӈасар (organ) · da malle (loop of metal) · ko(organ) · nn auga (hole in needle) · win hišjasu (organ) · blt ꪔꪱ (organ) · eo trueto (hole in needle) · dsb woko (hole in needle) · es ojo (organ) · pro olh (organ) · nxq mieq (organ) · sju tjalbmie (organ) · tiw -akirli- (organ) · nb nåløye (hole in needle) · ota عین (organ) · agr hii (organ) · bo ཐིག་ཁྲ (mark on an animal resembling an eye) · nb øye (organ) · ru глаз (ability to notice what others might miss) · su soca (organ) · koi син (organ) · bo ཞོག་མིག (of a potato) · cak aq’awach (organ) · uga 𐎓𐎊𐎐 (organ) · co ochju (organ) · eu begi (ability to notice what others might miss) · yua wich (organ) · cs ouško (hole in needle) · rbl mata (organ) · hy աչք (organ) · haw maka (of a potato) · ccc ojki (organ) · tew tsée (organ) · os цӕст (organ) · ia oculo (organ) · hak 目珠 (organ) · naq mûs (organ) · id mata (organ) · ab а-ла (organ) · mkj maj (organ) · sd अख (organ) · br toull an nadoz (hole in needle) · kln konyak (organ) · el οφθαλμίδιο (of a potato) · pim neskinsek (organ) · it occhio (mark on an animal resembling an eye) · ht je (organ) · da blik (ability to notice what others might miss) · ceb matamata (mark on an animal resembling an eye) · onb da¹ (organ) · grc ὄσσε (organ) · xsb mata (organ) · ota گوز (organ) · swi ndal (organ) · klg mata (organ) · ur نَین (organ) · mnc ᠶᠠᠰᠠ (organ) · frp uey (organ) · nl oog (hole in needle) · roa-leo gueyu (organ) · lb A (of a hurricane) · chr ᎠᎦᏙᎵ (organ) · af oog (hole in needle) · rm îgl (organ) · sa नयन (organ) · rmq acai (organ) · as আঁখি (organ) · atd mata (organ) · cs ucho (hole in needle) · lkt ištá (organ) · bps mata (organ) · zku miina (organ) · ddg nina (organ) · bo དམིག་བུ (loop of metal) · es lumbreras (organ) · wmw riso (organ) · el μάτι (ability to notice what others might miss) · sv öga (hole in needle) · sh ȍko (organ) · aqc лур (organ) · zom mit (organ) · cps mata (organ) · sa नेत्र (organ) · cu око (organ) · rap mata (organ) · grc ὤψ (organ) · fi silmä (of a hurricane) · lew mata (organ) · fy each (organ) · sdh چاو (organ) · abp mata (organ) · tab ул (organ) · nmn !ʻûĩ (organ) · tt күз (organ) · aas ila-t (organ) · ksw မဲာ် (organ) · ar عين (organ) · bni liso (organ) · eno bak (organ) · duu meq (organ) · zh 目睭 (organ) · mi pūkanohi (of a potato) · da øje (of a hurricane) · bkd mata (organ) · ari čiriikuʼ (organ) · el τρύπα (hole in needle) · cyo mata (organ) · hsb woko (organ) · fa عَیْن (organ) · bln mata (organ) · nog коьз (organ) · sv hyska (loop of metal) · cgc mata (organ) · fi korvake (loop of metal) · zu ihlo (organ) · ppl -ish (organ) · bua нюдэн (organ) · sdh چەو (organ) · br krao (hole in needle) · mhj nodun (organ) · da øje (of a potato) · ks سٕژنہِ پوو (hole in needle) · hi नेत्र (organ) · ak ani (organ) · mt ħolqa (loop of metal) · peo 𐎨𐏁𐎠𐎶𐎴 (organ) · st leihlo (organ) · bo རླུང་འཚུབ་མིག་བུ (of a hurricane) · ms mata (organ) · ale dax̂ (organ) · tet matan (organ) · wal ayfiya (organ) · evn эса (organ) · de Auge (of a hurricane) · sd اک (organ) · vot silme (organ) · ams(organ) · lez вил (organ) · es hondón (hole in needle) · fa چِشْم (organ) · grc ὄμμα (organ) · eu begi (hole in needle) · vec buto (of a potato) · fa عِیْن (organ) · za ra (organ) · ug كۆز (organ) · nl oculus (organ) · bto mata (organ) · ssc iriiso class 5 (organ) · fax ollu (organ) · ngh tsáxu (organ) · lmw ṣút (organ) · srn ai (organ)

wikidata: Q7364 · wikidata: Q1020115

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eye en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈɒɪ̯/ (Australia)
  • [ˈɒ̈ɪ̯] (Australia)
  • /ˈaɪ̯/
  • [ˈaː] Southern US, General South African, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
  • audio
  • /ˈaː/ Southern US, General South African, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
  • [ˈɑ̟ɪ̯] (Australia)
  • [ˈaɪ̯]
  • /ˈɑɪ̯/ (Australia)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der. Proto-Germanic *augô Proto-West Germanic *augā Old English ēage Middle English eye English eye From Middle English e, eye, eyghe, eyȝe, eȝhe, iȝe, ye, yhe, from Old English ēage, ēge (“eye”), from Proto-West Germanic *augā, from Proto-Germanic *augô (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Related to ogle. Cognates Cognate with Yola iee (“eye”), Scots ee, eh (“eye”), North Frisian oog, uuch, uug (“eye”), Saterland Frisian Oge, Ooge (“eye”), West Frisian each (“eye”), Alemannic German, Bavarian Aug (“eye”), Central Franconian Au, Auch, Ooch (“eye”), Dutch oog (“eye”), German Aug, Auge (“eye”), Low German Auge, Oog (“eye”), Luxembourgish A (“eye”), Vilamovian aojg, aug, oüg (“eye”), Yiddish אויג (oyg, “eye”), Danish øje (“eye”), Elfdalian oga (“eye”), Faroese eyga (“eye”), Icelandic auga (“eye”), Norwegian Bokmål øye (“eye”), Norwegian Nynorsk aua, aue, auga, auge (“eye”), Scanian yva (“eye”), Swedish öga (“eye”), Crimean Gothic oeghene (“eyes”), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 (augō, “eye”), Estonian auk (“hole”), Finnish and Votic aukko (“hole”), Ingrian aukko, aukku (“hole”), Livonian ouk (“hole; hollow”). Other Indo-European cognates include Breton eneb (“inverse; face; honour”), Cornish enep (“face; exterior; surface”), Gaulish ops (“eye”), Old Irish enech (“face; front; honour”), Welsh wyneb (“face; front; cheek”), Latin oclus, oculus (“eye”), Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps, “eye; face”), Albanian sy (“eye”), Latgalian and Latvian acs (“eye”), Lithuanian and Samogitian akis (“eye”), Old Prussian ackis (“eye”), Belarusian во́ка (vóka, “eye”), Bulgarian and Macedonian око́ (okó, “eye”), Carpathian Rusyn, Russian, and Ukrainian о́ко (óko, “eye”), Czech, Polish, Slovak, and Slovene oko (“eye”), Kashubian òkò (“eye”), Lower Sorbian hoko, woko (“eye”), Polabian våťü (“eye”), Serbo-Croatian о̏ко, ȍko (“eye”), Silesian ôko (“eye”), Slovincian wôkô (“eye”), Upper Sorbian woko (“eye”), Armenian ակն (akn, “eye”), Northern Kurdish enî (“forehead”), Ashkun aċĩ (“eye”), Kamkata-viri ače, ačẽ, ači (“eye”), Prasuni ižī, ižĩ (“eye”), Tregami ac̣ĩ (“eye”), Waigali ačẽ (“eye”), Tocharian A ak (“eye”), Tocharian B ek (“eye”), Sanskrit अक्षि (akṣi, “eye”). The archaic plural form eyen is from Middle English eyen, from Old English ēaġan, nominative and accusative plural of ēaġe (“eye”).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To carefully or appraisingly observe (someone or something).
    • They went out and eyed the new car one last time before deciding.
    • After eyeing the document for half an hour, she decided not to sign it.
    • Each downcast monk in silence takes / His place a newmade grave around, / Each one his brother sadly eying. 1859, Fraser’s Magazine, volume 60, page 671:
  2. (transitive) To consider.
    • Mr. Smith is eyeing a departmental reorganization plan.
    • Developers eyeing Merrillville as a potential spot for a data center will now have to wait a little longer to approach the Town Council. 2026 July 18, Michelle L. Quinn, “Merrillville council extends data center moratorium by 6 months”, in Chicago Tribune, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2026:
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To appear; to look.
    • My becomings kill me, when they do not eye well to you. c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
  4. (transitive) To remove the reproductive buds from (potatoes).
    • Once the potatoes have been rumbled they require 'eyeing' with a turning knife or hand peeler. 1996, Food Preparation and Cooking, page 418:
    • My first assignment was eyeing old potatoes. The Siegler brothers would buy potatoes so old they looked like an octopus. My job was to make them look presentable and, of course, sellable. 2012, Bob Vargovcik, Bayonne Boy, page 19:
  5. (transitive) To allow (fish eggs) to develop so that the black eye spots are visible.
    • Eggs were collected from the Taylor Creek, Upper Truckee River, and Blackwood Creek traps and transported to this station to be eyed […] 1927, Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the Forty-Seventh Session of the Legislature of the State of California:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ey alternative, obsolete lexicographic
eie alternative, obsolete lexicographic
eyes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
eying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part rare lexicographic
eyeing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ee Northern-England, Scotland, alternative, archaic lexicographic
eyed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
eyed Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

uneyeable · ineye · eyeable · eye up

Synonyms

gaze

Translations (31)

aii ܥܲܝܸܢ (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · sv betrakta (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · nl bekijken (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · hu figyel (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · sq shikoj (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · ru смотре́ть (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · fr lorgner (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · hu szemügyre vesz (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · bg наблюда́вам (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · pt examinar (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · hu megnéz (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · fa دیدبانی دادن (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · hu megfigyel (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · ml നോക്കുക (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · ta நோக்கு (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · ta பார் (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · fr guigner (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · ru рассма́тривать (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · fi tarkastella (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · mi karu (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · pl przypatrywać się (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · es echar [el / tanto] ojo (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · fj yaloka (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · it visionare (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · pt observar (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · nl gluren (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · nl observeren (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · it adocchiare (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · de beäugen (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · es ojear (to observe carefully or appraisingly) · fr convoiter (to observe carefully or appraisingly)

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eye en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈɒɪ̯/ (Australia)
  • [ˈɒ̈ɪ̯] (Australia)
  • /ˈaɪ̯/
  • [ˈaː] Southern US, General South African, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
  • audio
  • /ˈaː/ Southern US, General South African, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
  • [ˈɑ̟ɪ̯] (Australia)
  • [ˈaɪ̯]
  • /ˈɑɪ̯/ (Australia)

Meanings

  1. The name of the Latin script letter I/i.
    • IED [is spoken] as "eye-ee-dee" instead of "I SPELL India Echo Delta Romeo". 2016 CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), pages 3–5
    • It said, in a whispering, buzzing voice, "Gee-you-ess-ess-ay-dash-em-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-em-eye-en-gee-oh-dash-pee-eye-pee-dash-pee-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-pee-eye-en-gee-oh." 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
eyes Number=Plur lexicographic
i alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

eff why eye

Holonyms

head · facial expression · body · countenance · mien · face

Hypernyms

organ · body part

Hyponyms

oculus · ocellus

Meronyms

pupil · sclera · cone · cornea · iris · lens · rod · retina

Relateds

eyne · neen (“eyes”)

Synonyms

lurk · ogle · eyeball · optic · glim · orb · peeper · mince pie · globe · eye

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eye en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈɒɪ̯/ (Australia)
  • [ˈɒ̈ɪ̯] (Australia)
  • /ˈaɪ̯/
  • [ˈaː] Southern US, General South African, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
  • audio
  • /ˈaː/ Southern US, General South African, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
  • [ˈɑ̟ɪ̯] (Australia)
  • [ˈaɪ̯]
  • /ˈɑɪ̯/ (Australia)

Etymology

Probably from rebracketing of a nye as an eye.

Meanings

  1. A brood.
    • an eye of pheasants

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
eyes Number=Plur lexicographic

Holonyms

head · facial expression · body · countenance · mien · face

Hypernyms

organ · body part

Hyponyms

oculus · ocellus

Meronyms

pupil · sclera · cone · cornea · iris · lens · rod · retina

Relateds

eyne · neen (“eyes”)

Synonyms

lurk · ogle · eyeball · optic · glim · orb · peeper · mince pie · globe · eye