different between apollo vs optic

English

Etymology

From Apollo.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??p?l??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??p?lo?/
• Rhymes: -?l??
• Hyphenation: Apol?lo

Noun

apollo (plural apollos)

1. A very handsome young man.
2. (entomology) Any of several papilionid butterflies of the genus Parnassius, especially Parnassius apollo of Eurasia (also known as the mountain apollo).

Translations

Further reading

• Apollo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• palolo

Italian

Etymology

From the name of the Greek god of beauty, Apollo, from Ancient Greek ??????? (Apóll?n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?p?l.lo/
• Rhymes: -?llo

Noun

apollo m (plural apolli)

1. A young man of great beauty, an apollo.
2. Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo, a large swallowtail with black and red spots on white wings)

Synonyms

• (man of great beauty): adone
• apolline

Hypernyms

• (man): uomo, essere umano
• (butterfly): farfalla

English

Alternative forms

• optick, optique (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French optique or Medieval Latin opticus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (optikós, “of or for sight”), from ????? (optós, “visible”) +? -???? (-ikós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??p.t?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??p.t?k/
• Rhymes: -?pt?k

Adjective

optic (not comparable)

1. (relational) Of, or relating to the eye or to vision.
2. (optics, relational) Of, or relating to optics or optical instruments.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

optic (plural optics)

1. (archaic, humorous) An eye.
2. (optics) A lens or other part of an optical instrument that interacts with light.
3. (trademark in Britain) A measuring device with a small window, attached to an upside-down bottle, used to dispense alcoholic drinks in a bar.

Translations

References

• “optic”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “optic”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Further reading

• optic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• optic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• optic at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• -topic, cop it, picot, topic

Romanian

Etymology

From French optique

Adjective

optic m or n (feminine singular optic?, masculine plural optici, feminine and neuter plural optice)

1. optic

Declension