monocle
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Canada/ˈmɑnəkəl/
monocle noun: a single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye.
Noun
monocle (plural monocles)
monocle meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
monocle in Tamil
- ஒற்றைக்கண் ஆடி, ஒற்றைக்கண்ஆடி, ஒற்றைக் கண் ஆடி
monocle in Urdu
- ایک آنکھ کا چشمہ
monocle in Malayalam
- a single lens
- ഒറ്റച്ചില്ലുകണ്ണട oṟṟaccillukaṇṇaṭa
monocle in Kannada
- ಒಕ್ಕನ್ನಡಕ, ಒಕ್ಕಣ್ಣ ಕನ್ನಡಕ, ಒಂದು ಕಣ್ಣಿನ ಕನ್ನಡಕ, ಒಕ್ಕಣ್ಣಡಕ
More languagesFewer languages
- monocle in Vietnamese
- kính một mắt
Forms of monocle
| plural | monocles |
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Origin of monocle
1886, borrowed from French monocle, from Late Latin monoculus (“one-eyed”), from mono- (“single”) + oculus (“eye”).
Words formed from monocle
Questions about monocle
- What does monocle mean?
- Monocle means a single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye.
- What is monocle in Tamil?
- Monocle in Tamil is ஒற்றைக்கண் ஆடி, ஒற்றைக்கண்ஆடி, ஒற்றைக் கண் ஆடி. See Monocle meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is monocle?
- Monocle is a noun.
- How do you pronounce monocle?
- Monocle is pronounced /ˈmɑnəkəl/ (Canada).
- What is the plural of monocle?
- The plural of monocle is monocles.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: monocle (page history and authors); monocle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monocle (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monocle (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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