Dictionary

eyeglass en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈaɪˌɡlæs/ (General-American)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From eye + glass.

Meanings

1. An artificial lens, especially one of a pair.
2. A monocle.
3. An eyepiece.
4. (obsolete) The lens of the eye.
   • Ha' not you seen, Camillo? / (But that's past doubt; you have, or your eye-glass / Is thicker than a cuckold's horn) 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):
5. (attributive, form-of) Attributive form of eyeglasses.
   form of eyeglasses
   • an eyeglass repair kit

Forms

Deriveds

eyeglassed

Translations (16)

bg монокъл (a monocle) · ru ли́нза (a lens, especially one of a pair) · ckb چاوێلکە (a lens, especially one of a pair) · tpi aiglas (a lens, especially one of a pair) · ru моно́кль (a monocle) · io monoklo (a monocle) · de Augenglas (a monocle) · io okulvitro (a lens, especially one of a pair) · pl monokl (a monocle) · ckb عینەک (a lens, especially one of a pair) · io okulalo (a lens, especially one of a pair) · ga spéacla (a monocle) · pl soczewka (a lens, especially one of a pair) · ga spéacla (a lens, especially one of a pair) · fr monocle (a monocle) · bg леща (a lens, especially one of a pair)