Monocle

English

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Joseph Chamberlain wearing a monocle

Noun

Monocle (plural Monocles)

1. a single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye

Verbs for Monocle

adjust—; affix—; blink through—; discern through—; dislodge—; employ—; examine through—; fasten—; finger—; flip—; lurk behind—; peer through—; squint through—; tack—to; —dangles; —falls; —hangs from; —magnifies; —screws into.

Thesaurus

Polaroid glasses, bifocals, blinkers, cheaters, colored glasses, contact lens, dark glasses, divided spectacles, eyeglass, eyeglasses, glasses, goggles, granny glasses, harlequin glasses, horn-rimmed glasses, lorgnette, lorgnon, mini-specs, nippers, pair of glasses, peepers, quizzing glass, readers, reading glasses, shades, specs, spectacles, sun-specs, sunglasses, trifocals

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA: /ˈmɑnəkəl/

Translations

a single lens

Czech: monokl (cs) m. Esperanto: monoklo (eo) Finnish: monokkeli (fi) French: monocle (fr) m. Icelandic: einglyrni (is) n. Japanese: 片眼鏡 (ja) (かためがね, katamegane)

Macedonian: монокл (mk) (monókl) m. Polish: monokl (pl) m. Romanian: monoclu (ro) n. Serbian: naočnik m. Spanish: monóculo (es) m.

See also

• glasses
• spectacles

Anagrams

• locomen

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French

Noun

Monocle m. (plural Monocles)

1. monocle

Etymology

From Late Latin monoculus (“one-eyed”), from mono- (“single”) + oculus (“eye”).