"monocle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɑnəkəl/ [Canada] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-monocle.wav Forms: monocles [plural]
Etymology: 1886, borrowed from French monocle, from Late Latin monoculus (“one-eyed”), from mono- (“single”) + oculus (“eye”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃ekʷ-}}, {{bor+|en|fr|monocle|nocap=1}} borrowed from French monocle, {{der|en|LL.|monoculus|t=one-eyed}} Late Latin monoculus (“one-eyed”), {{af|la|mono-|oculus|nocat=1|t1=single|t2=eye}} mono- (“single”) + oculus (“eye”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} monocle (plural monocles)
  1. A single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye. Categories (topical): Eyewear, One Categories (lifeform): Animals Translations (a single lens): монокъл (monokǎl) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 單片眼鏡 (Chinese Mandarin), 单片眼镜 (dānpiànyǎnjìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 單眼鏡 (Chinese Mandarin), 单眼镜 (dānyǎnjìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 單透鏡 (Chinese Mandarin), 单透镜 (dāntòujìng) (Chinese Mandarin), monokl [masculine] (Czech), monocle [masculine] (Dutch), monoklo (Esperanto), monokkeli (Finnish), monocle [masculine] (French), Monokel [neuter] (German), μονόκλ (monókl) [neuter] (Greek), einglyrni [neuter] (Icelandic), monoklo (Ido), leathspéacla [masculine] (Irish), 片眼鏡 (katamegane) (alt: かためがね) (Japanese), 단안경 (danan'gyeong) (Korean), моно́кл (monókl) [masculine] (Macedonian), ഒറ്റച്ചില്ലുകണ്ണട (oṟṟaccillukaṇṇaṭa) (Malayalam), yeklarî (Northern Kurdish), yeklêjî (Northern Kurdish), monokkel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), monokkel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), shkiinzhgokaajgan (Ottawa), monokl [masculine] (Polish), monóculo [masculine] (Portuguese), monoclu [neuter] (Romanian), моно́кль (monóklʹ) [masculine] (Russian), моно̀кл [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), monòkl [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), monóculo [masculine] (Spanish), monokel [common-gender] (Swedish), kính một mắt (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-monocle-en-noun-Ra1QVrFQ Disambiguation of Eyewear: 57 43 Disambiguation of One: 94 6 Disambiguation of Animals: 70 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Ottawa translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottawa translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'a single lens': 100 0
  2. (obsolete) A one-eyed animal. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-monocle-en-noun-qq5ImIXn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: glasses, spectacles

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Alternative forms

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    "Terms with Romanian translations",
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    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "glasses"
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        "A single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye."
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      "glosses": [
        "A one-eyed animal."
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        "(obsolete) A one-eyed animal."
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "monokǎl",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "монокъл"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "word": "單片眼鏡"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dānpiànyǎnjìng",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "word": "单片眼镜"
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    {
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      "sense": "a single lens",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dānyǎnjìng",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "word": "单眼镜"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "word": "單透鏡"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dāntòujìng",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "word": "单透镜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "monokl"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "monocle"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "word": "monoklo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "word": "monokkeli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "monocle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Monokel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "monókl",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "μονόκλ"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "einglyrni"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "word": "monoklo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leathspéacla"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かためがね",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "katamegane",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "word": "片眼鏡"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "danan'gyeong",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "word": "단안경"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "word": "yeklarî"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "word": "yeklêjî"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "monókl",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "моно́кл"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "oṟṟaccillukaṇṇaṭa",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "word": "ഒറ്റച്ചില്ലുകണ്ണട"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "monokkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "monokkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "otw",
      "lang": "Ottawa",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "word": "shkiinzhgokaajgan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "monokl"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "monóculo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "monoclu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "monóklʹ",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "моно́кль"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "моно̀кл"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "monòkl"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "monóculo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "monokel"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a single lens",
      "word": "kính một mắt"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "monocle"
  ],
  "word": "monocle"
}

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