"lorgnette" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /lɒɹnjɛt/ Forms: lorgnettes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: Borrowed from French lorgnette, from lorgner (“to take a sidelong look at”) (from Middle French lorgne (“crosseyed”)). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|lorgnette}} French lorgnette, {{der|en|frm|lorgne||crosseyed}} Middle French lorgne (“crosseyed”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} lorgnette (plural lorgnettes)
  1. An opera glass with a handle. Synonyms: lorgnon [archaic] Translations (opera glass with a handle): лорнет (lornet) [masculine] (Bulgarian), toneelkijker [masculine] (Dutch), binocle [feminine] (Dutch), lorgnet [feminine, neuter, uncommon] (Dutch), lornetti (Finnish), binocle [masculine] (French), lorgnette [feminine] (French), lorgnon [masculine] (French), ლორნეტი (lorneṭi) (Georgian), Lorgnon [neuter] (German), Lorgnette [feminine] (German), κιάλι (kiáli) [neuter] (Greek), lornyon (Hungarian), lornyett (Hungarian), lorneto (Ido), binoklo (Ido), manu-binoklo (Ido), bilorneto (Ido), fassamano [masculine] (Italian), occhialetto [masculine] (Italian), occhialino [masculine] (Italian), lorgnon [masculine] (Polish), lornion [masculine] (Polish), лорне́т (lornét) [masculine] (Russian), ло̀рњет [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ло̀рњо̄н [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lòrnjet [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lòrnjōn [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lornjett [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  2. Elaborate double eyeglasses.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: longue-vue

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ло̀рњо̄н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "opera glass with a handle",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lòrnjet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "opera glass with a handle",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lòrnjōn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "opera glass with a handle",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lornjett"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lorgnette"
}

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