different between monocle vs eyeglass

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /?m?n?k?l/

Noun

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.

Translations

See also

• glasses
• spectacles

Anagrams

• locomen

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French monocle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo??n?.kl?/
• Hyphenation: mo?no?cle

Noun

monocle m (plural monocles, diminutive monocletje n)

1. monocle [from mid 19th c.]

Synonyms

• lorgnet
• lorgnon
• oogglas

French

Etymology

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

Noun

monocle m (plural monocles)

1. monocle

Descendants

• ? Dutch: monocle
• ? English: monocle

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

eye +? glass

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?a???læs/

Noun

eyeglass (plural eyeglasses)

1. An artificial lens, especially one of a pair.
2. A monocle.
3. An eyepiece.
4. (obsolete) The lens of the eye.
   • c. 1611, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale

     Ha' not you seen, Camillo? / (But that's past doubt; you have, or your eye-glass / Is thicker than a cuckold's horn)

Translations

Anagrams

• glass eye, glasseye