Dictionary

lorgnette en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈlɔɹ.njɛt/ (General-American)
• (UK) audio
• /ˈlɔː.njɛt/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from French lorgnette, from lorgner (“to take a sidelong look at”) (from Middle French lorgne (“crosseyed”)).

Meanings

1. An opera glass with a handle.
   • In the valley, near the Acropolis, […] Athens itself could be vaguely made out with an ordinary lorgnette. 1869, Mark Twain, chapter XXXII, in The Innocents Abroad, page 340:
2. Elaborate double eyeglasses.

Forms

Coordinates

longue-vue

Synonyms

lorgnon

Translations (31)

it occhialetto (opera glass with a handle) · fr lorgnon (opera glass with a handle) · io lorneto (opera glass with a handle) · sh ло̀рњет (opera glass with a handle) · hu lornyon (opera glass with a handle) · de Lorgnon (opera glass with a handle) · ru лорне́т (opera glass with a handle) · pl lorgnon (opera glass with a handle) · bg лорнет (opera glass with a handle) · io manu-binoklo (opera glass with a handle) · sh lòrnjet (opera glass with a handle) · de Lorgnette (opera glass with a handle) · io bilorneto (opera glass with a handle) · nl binocle (opera glass with a handle) · sh lòrnjōn (opera glass with a handle) · hu lornyett (opera glass with a handle) · nl lorgnet (opera glass with a handle) · fr lorgnette (opera glass with a handle) · ka ლორნეტი (opera glass with a handle) · sh ло̀рњо̄н (opera glass with a handle) · fi lornetti (opera glass with a handle) · ca impertinents (opera glass with a handle) · io binoklo (opera glass with a handle) · it occhialino (opera glass with a handle) · sv lornjett (opera glass with a handle) · fr binocle (opera glass with a handle) · el κιάλι (opera glass with a handle) · nl toneelkijker (opera glass with a handle) · pl lornion (opera glass with a handle) · et lornjett (opera glass with a handle) · it fassamano (opera glass with a handle)