"lentille" meaning in French

See lentille in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lɑ̃.tij/ Audio: Fr-lentille.ogg Forms: lentilles [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French lentille, from Vulgar Latin *lenticla, from syncopation of Latin lenticula. The "lens" meaning is because early lenses resembled lentils. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|lentille|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French lentille, {{inh+|fr|fro|lentille}} Inherited from Old French lentille, {{inh|fr|VL.||*lenticla}} Vulgar Latin *lenticla, {{inh|fr|la|lenticula}} Latin lenticula Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} lentille f (plural lentilles)
  1. (optics) lens Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Optics Categories (lifeform): Fabeae tribe plants
    Sense id: en-lentille-fr-noun-gSuSFc0v Disambiguation of Fabeae tribe plants: 77 3 20 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Old French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 93 3 3 Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 92 2 2 2 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 71 7 7 7 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 6 6 6 6 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, optics, physical-sciences, physics
  2. contact lens Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-lentille-fr-noun-S-HB4k4g
  3. lentil (plant) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-lentille-fr-noun-sSNTuohJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lentille d’eau, lentille de contact

Inflected forms

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