different between eyeball vs iris

English

Alternative forms

• eye-ball (obsolete)

Etymology

From eye +? ball. Compare Middle English balle off the eye, balle of þe ey?e (“eyeball”, literally “ball of the eye”).

Pronunciation

Noun

eyeball (plural eyeballs)

1. The ball of the eye.
   • 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I Scene 2

     Go, make thyself like a nymph o' th' sea.

     Be subject to no sight but thine and mine, invisible

     To every eyeball else. Go, take this shape,

     And hither come in't; go! Hence, with diligence!

2. A person's focus of attention.
3. (marketing, in the plural) A readership or viewership.

   We need compelling content for the new Web site so we can attract more eyeballs.

4. (CB radio, slang) A face-to-face meeting.

5. (Caribbean) A favourite or pet; the apple of someone's eye.

Synonyms

• eye-apple

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

eyeball (third-person singular simple present eyeballs, present participle eyeballing, simple past and past participle eyeballed)

1. To gauge, estimate or judge by eye, rather than measuring precisely; to look or glance at.

2. To scrutinize
3. To stare at intently

   Are you eyeballing my girl?

4. To roll one's eyes.

Derived terms

• eyeballer

Translations

See also

• bums in seats
• click-through

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Latin ?ris, from Ancient Greek ???? (îris, “rainbow”), from Proto-Indo-European *wey-ro- (“a twist, thread, cord, wire”), from *weh?y- (“to turn, twist, weave, plait”). Cognate to English wire.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?'r?s, IPA^(key): /?a???s/
• Rhymes: -a???s

Noun

iris (plural irises or iris or irides) (See Usage notes)

2. (botany) A plant of the genus Iris, common in the northern hemisphere, and generally having attractive blooms (See Iris (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ).

   • Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.

3. (anatomy) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, which adjusts to control the amount of light reaching the retina, and which forms the colored portion of the eye (See Iris (anatomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ).
4. (photography, cinematography) A diaphragm used to regulate the size of a hole, especially as a way of controlling the amount of light reaching a lens.
5. (poetic) A rainbow, or other colourful refraction of light.
6. (electronics) A constricted opening in the path inside a waveguide, used to form a resonator.
7. (zoology) The inner circle of an oscillated color spot.

Usage notes

For the part of the eye, the usual medical plural is irides.
For the flower both iris and irises are in common use.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:iris.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• Iris (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Iris (anatomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

iris (third-person singular simple present irises, present participle irising, simple past and past participle irised)

1. (of an aperture, lens, or door) To open or close in the manner of an iris.

Anagrams

• Siri

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin iris, from Ancient Greek ???? (îris).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?i.?is/

Noun

iris m (plural iris)

1. iris (part of the eye)

Derived terms

• arc iris

Related terms

• iridectomia
• iridi
• iridià
• irídic

Further reading

• “iris” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?ris or Middle French iris (itself from Latin), from Ancient Greek ???? (îris).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?.r?s/
• Hyphenation: iris
• Homophone: Iris

Noun

iris f (plural irissen, diminutive irisje n)

1. (anatomy) iris (coloured part of the eye)

   Synonym: regenboogvlies

2. (botany) iris, plant of the genus Iris

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Verb

iris

1. past of iri

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iris, Ancient Greek ???? (îris).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.?is/

Noun

iris m (plural iris)

1. iris

Derived terms

• iris d'eau

Further reading

• “iris” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?iris/

Verb

iris

1. past of irar

Indonesian

Noun

iris (first-person possessive irisku, second-person possessive irismu, third-person possessive irisnya)

1. slice

Verb

mengiris

1. to slice

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish iris f (“a thong or strap (from which a shield, bag, etc. is suspended)”).

Noun

iris f (genitive singular irise, nominative plural irisí)

1. strap, sling (for carrying)

Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Irish iress (“religion, creed, the (true) faith”).

Noun

iris f (genitive singular irise)

1. (literary) belief, faith, religion

Declension

Alternative forms

• ireas

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

iris f (genitive singular irise, nominative plural irisí)

1. Alternative form of oireas
2. magazine, journal

   Synonym: irisleabhar

3. gazette

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• iriseoireacht f (“journalism”)

Etymology 4

Noun

iris m

1. genitive/vocative singular of ireas (“iris”)
2. nominative/dative plural of ireas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????/

Mutation

Further reading

• "iris" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “iris”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “ires(s)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “iris” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “iris” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iris, Ancient Greek ???? (îris).

Noun

iris m or f (invariable)

1. iris (flower)

   Synonyms: giaggiolo, iride

Anagrams

• risi

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (îris)

Noun

?ris f (genitive iridis); third declension

1. rainbow
   • Vulgate Bible, Douay-Rheims Version, Revelation 10:1

     et vidi alium angelum fortem descendentem de caelo amictum nube et iris in capite eius et facies eius erat ut sol et pedes eius tamquam columna ignis

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

?r?s

1. dative/ablative plural of ?ra

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???? (îris, “rainbow”).

Noun

iris m (definite singular irisen, indefinite plural iriser, definite plural irisene)

1. (botany) an iris (flower)
2. (anatomy) an iris (part of the eye)

   Synonym: regnbuehinne

References

• “iris” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???? (îris, “rainbow”).

Noun

iris m (definite singular irisen, indefinite plural irisar, definite plural irisane)

1. (botany) an iris (flower)
2. (anatomy) an iris (part of the eye)

   Synonym: regnbogehinne

References

• “iris” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ir?is?/

Noun

iris

1. Alternative spelling of iriss: accusative/dative singular of ires

Mutation

Portuguese

Noun

iris f (plural iris)

1. Obsolete spelling of íris

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French iris, Latin iris, from Ancient Greek ???? (îris).

Noun

iris n (plural irisuri)

1. (anatomy) iris (of the eye)

Noun

iris n (plural iri?i)

1. (botany) iris (flower)

   Synonyms: stânjenel, stânjen

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Compare Irish iris.

Noun

iris f (genitive singular irise, plural irisean)

1. magazine, periodical

   Synonym: ràitheachan

Mutation

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iris, Ancient Greek ???? (îris).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?is/, [?i.?is]

Noun

iris m (plural iris or iríses)

1. (anatomy) iris

Derived terms

• arco iris
• músculo dilatador del iris

Related terms

• íride
• iridio

Further reading

• “iris” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.