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monocle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈmɑnəkəl/ (Canada)

Etymology

1886, borrowed from French monocle, from Late Latin monoculus (“one-eyed”), from mono- (“single”) + oculus (“eye”).

Meanings

1. A single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye.
2. (obsolete) A one-eyed animal.

Forms

Deriveds

monocled · bemonocled

Relateds

spectacles · glasses

Translations (35)

eo monoklo (a single lens) · kmr yeklarî (a single lens) · cs monokl (a single lens) · ml ഒറ്റച്ചില്ലുകണ്ണട (a single lens) · hu monokli (a single lens) · ro monoclu (a single lens) · kmr yeklêjî (a single lens) · sh моно̀кл (a single lens) · pl monokl (a single lens) · nl monocle (a single lens) · it monocolo (a single lens) · vi kính một mắt (a single lens) · is einglyrni (a single lens) · io monoklo (a single lens) · ga leathspéacla (a single lens) · cmn 單片眼鏡 /单片眼镜 (a single lens) · bg монокъл (a single lens) · nb monokkel (a single lens) · sv monokel (a single lens) · ja 片眼鏡 (a single lens) · fi monokkeli (a single lens) · ru моно́кль (a single lens) · sh monòkl (a single lens) · de Monokel (a single lens) · otw shkiinzhgokaajgan (a single lens) · nn monokkel (a single lens) · es monóculo (a single lens) · cmn 單透鏡 /单透镜 (a single lens) · pt monóculo (a single lens) · da monokel (a single lens) · el μονόκλ (a single lens) · cmn 單眼鏡 /单眼镜 (a single lens) · mk моно́кл (a single lens) · fr monocle (a single lens) · ko 단안경 (a single lens)