eyeglass

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /ˈaɪˌɡlæs/

Noun

eyeglass (plural eyeglasses)

1. An artificial lens, especially one of a pair.
2. A monocle.
3. An eyepiece.
4. (obsolete) The lens of the eye.
   • c. 1611, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale

     Ha' not you seen, Camillo? / (But that's past doubt; you have, or your eye-glass / Is thicker than a cuckold's horn)

Translations

• Russian: ли́нза

Translations

• French: monocle
• German: Augenglas
• Russian: моно́кль

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