monocle

1886, borrowed from French monocle, from Late Latin monoculus (“one-eyed”), from mono- (“single”) +‎ oculus (“eye”).

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnəkəl/

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monocle (plural monocles)

1. A single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye.
2. (obsolete) A one-eyed animal.

• glasses
• spectacles

• locomen

Borrowed from French monocle.

• IPA^(key): /ˌmoːˈnɔ.klə/

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• Hyphenation: mo‧no‧cle

monocle m (plural monocles, diminutive monocletje n)

1. monocle [from mid 19th c.]

• lorgnet
• lorgnon
• oogglas

From Late Latin monoculus (“one-eyed”), from mono- (“single”) + oculus (“eye”).

monocle m (plural monocles)

1. monocle

• → Greek: μονόκλ (monókl)
• → Dutch: monocle
• → English: monocle

• “monocle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.