"spyglass" meaning in English

See spyglass in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: spyglasses [plural]
Etymology: spy + glass Etymology templates: {{compound|en|spy|glass}} spy + glass Head templates: {{en-noun}} spyglass (plural spyglasses)
  1. A small portable telescope. Translations (portable telescope): դիտակ (ditak) (Armenian), դիտափող (ditapʻoġ) (Armenian), lunedenn-hirwel [feminine] (Breton), далекоглед (dalekogled) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ullera [feminine] (Catalan), verrekijker [masculine] (Dutch), kaukoputki (Finnish), longue-vue [feminine] (French), lunette d’approche [feminine] (French), tangalexo [masculine] (Galician), catalexo [masculine] (Galician), Fernglas [neuter] (German), κιάλι (kiáli) [neuter] (Greek), κανοκιάλι (kanokiáli) [neuter] (Greek), lorno (Ido), kiikari (Ingrian), fadradharcán [masculine] (Irish), cannocchiale [masculine] (Italian), binocolo [masculine] (Italian), дурбин (durbin) [masculine] (Macedonian), luneta [feminine] (Polish), luneta [feminine] (Portuguese), ochean [neuter] (Romanian), подзо́рная труба́ (podzórnaja trubá) [feminine] (Russian), catalejo [masculine] (Spanish), kikare [common-gender] (Swedish), dürbün (Turkish), teleskop (Turkish), ırakgörür (Turkish), ysbienddrych [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-spyglass-en-noun-P27SJSwg Disambiguation of 'portable telescope': 92 8
  2. (uncommon, regional) A pair of binoculars. Tags: regional, uncommon
    Sense id: en-spyglass-en-noun-hBT0MFCQ Categories (other): Regional English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for spyglass meaning in English (4.8kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "spy",
        "3": "glass"
      },
      "expansion": "spy + glass",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "spy + glass",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spyglasses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "spyglass (plural spyglasses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A small portable telescope."
      ],
      "id": "en-spyglass-en-noun-P27SJSwg",
      "links": [
        [
          "telescope",
          "telescope"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "ditak",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "word": "դիտակ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "ditapʻoġ",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "word": "դիտափող"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lunedenn-hirwel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "dalekogled",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "далекоглед"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ullera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "verrekijker"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "word": "kaukoputki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "longue-vue"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lunette d’approche"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tangalexo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "catalexo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Fernglas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kiáli",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "κιάλι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kanokiáli",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "κανοκιάλι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "word": "lorno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "word": "kiikari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fadradharcán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cannocchiale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "binocolo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "durbin",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "дурбин"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "luneta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "luneta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ochean"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podzórnaja trubá",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "подзо́рная труба́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "catalejo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kikare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "word": "dürbün"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "word": "teleskop"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "word": "ırakgörür"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "portable telescope",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ysbienddrych"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Regional English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pair of binoculars."
      ],
      "id": "en-spyglass-en-noun-hBT0MFCQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "regional",
          "regional#English"
        ],
        [
          "binoculars",
          "binoculars"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncommon, regional) A pair of binoculars."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "regional",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spyglass"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "es:Optics"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "spy",
        "3": "glass"
      },
      "expansion": "spy + glass",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "spy + glass",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spyglasses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "spyglass (plural spyglasses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A small portable telescope."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "telescope",
          "telescope"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with uncommon senses",
        "Regional English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pair of binoculars."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "regional",
          "regional#English"
        ],
        [
          "binoculars",
          "binoculars"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncommon, regional) A pair of binoculars."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "regional",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ditak",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "word": "դիտակ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ditapʻoġ",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "word": "դիտափող"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lunedenn-hirwel"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dalekogled",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "далекоглед"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ullera"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "verrekijker"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "word": "kaukoputki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "longue-vue"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lunette d’approche"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tangalexo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "catalexo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Fernglas"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kiáli",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κιάλι"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kanokiáli",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κανοκιάλι"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "word": "lorno"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "word": "kiikari"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fadradharcán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cannocchiale"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "binocolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "durbin",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дурбин"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "luneta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "luneta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ochean"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podzórnaja trubá",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "подзо́рная труба́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "catalejo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kikare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "word": "dürbün"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "word": "teleskop"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "word": "ırakgörür"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "portable telescope",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ysbienddrych"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spyglass"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.