monocle
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
1886, borrowed from French monocle, from Late Latin monoculus (“one-eyed”), from mono- (“single”) + oculus (“eye”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
monocle (plural monocles)
- A single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye.
- (obsolete) A one-eyed animal.
Translations[edit]
a single lens
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
monocle m (plural monocles, diminutive monocletje n)
- monocle [from mid 19th c.]
Synonyms[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin monoculus (“one-eyed”), from mono- (“single”) + oculus (“eye”).
Noun[edit]
monocle m (plural monocles)
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “monocle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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