Dictionary

pince-nez en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /pænsˈneɪ/
• /pæ̃sˈneɪ/

Etymology

Borrowed from French pince-nez (literally “pinch-nose”).

Meanings

1. Templeless eyeglasses that clip to the bridge of the nose.
   • Shabet took a pince-nez from his breast pocket and settled it on the bridge of his nose. Furst, Alan 2000 Kingdom of Shadows, p170
   • Lord Belpher, leaning against the wall and trying to decide whether his right or left foot hurt him the more excruciatingly, became aware that a curate was standing before him, regarding him through a pair of gold-rimmed pince-nez with a disapproving and hostile expression. 1919, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 15, in A Damsel in Distress:
   • Jem detached his pince-nez, and while wiping them repeated in a deep voice, "Make a joyful noise unto the Lord." 2015, Harper Lee, chapter 5, in Go Set a Watchman, page 64:

Forms

Deriveds

pince-nezed

Synonyms

Oxford glasses · nose glasses

Translations (51)

hu csiptető (type of eyeglasses) · pl binokle (type of eyeglasses) · cs cvikr (type of eyeglasses) · pt pince-nez (type of eyeglasses) · eo nazumo (type of eyeglasses) · nl knijpbril (type of eyeglasses) · uk цві́кер (type of eyeglasses) · nl pince-nez (type of eyeglasses) · pl cwikier (type of eyeglasses) · hu cvikker (type of eyeglasses) · de Pincenez (type of eyeglasses) · ca pinçanàs (type of eyeglasses) · hy պենսնե (type of eyeglasses) · io binoklo (type of eyeglasses) · it lenti a molla (type of eyeglasses) · io naz-binoklo (type of eyeglasses) · ja 鼻メガネ (type of eyeglasses) · cs skřipec (type of eyeglasses) · ro pince-nez (type of eyeglasses) · sk škripec (type of eyeglasses) · lv pensnejs (type of eyeglasses) · be пэнснэ́ (type of eyeglasses) · tr pins-nez (type of eyeglasses) · ja 鼻眼鏡 (type of eyeglasses) · it pince-nez (type of eyeglasses) · fi nenälasit (type of eyeglasses) · sv pincené (type of eyeglasses) · be пенснэ́ (type of eyeglasses) · pt pincenê (type of eyeglasses) · de Klemmer (type of eyeglasses) · bg пенсне́ (type of eyeglasses) · pt pencenê (type of eyeglasses) · sh cvìker (type of eyeglasses) · sl ščipalnik (type of eyeglasses) · de Zwicker (type of eyeglasses) · uz pensne (type of eyeglasses) · de Kneifer (type of eyeglasses) · cmn 夾鼻眼鏡 /夹鼻眼镜 (type of eyeglasses) · uk пенсне́ (type of eyeglasses) · da pincenez (type of eyeglasses) · sh цвѝкер (type of eyeglasses) · hu orrcsiptető (type of eyeglasses) · lt pensnė (type of eyeglasses) · ko 코안경 (type of eyeglasses) · ka პენსნე (type of eyeglasses) · fi pinnelasit (type of eyeglasses) · ru пенсне́ (type of eyeglasses) · fr lorgnon (type of eyeglasses) · mk цвикери (type of eyeglasses) · fr pince-nez (type of eyeglasses) · es quevedos (type of eyeglasses)