loupe

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see also: Loupe

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /luːp/

Noun

loupe (plural loupes)

1. A magnifying glass, usually mounted in an eyepiece, often used by jewellers and watchmakers.
   • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 213:

     Pemulis owns stuff like philatelic forceps, a loupe, a pharmaceutical scale, a postal scale, a personal-size Bunsen burner […]

   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 264:

     pale gnomes, patient as lock-pickers, squinted through loupes, adjusting tremblers and timers with tiny screwdrivers and forceps.

2. A type of short-range binoculars used by surgeons and dentists.

Translations

• French: loupe
• German: Lupe, Vergrößerungsglas
• Portuguese: lupa
• Russian: лу́па

Translations

• Russian: лу́па

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Loupe

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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