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binocular
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English
Etymology
From French binoculaire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɪˈnɒkjʊlɚ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
binocular (not comparable)
- Using two eyes or viewpoints; especially, using two eyes or viewpoints to ascertain distance.
- a binocular microscope or telescope
- 1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC:
- Most animals are binocular.
Derived terms
Translations
using two eyes or viewpoints
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Noun
binocular (plural binoculars)
- Attributive form of binoculars.
- A pair of binoculars.
- 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 14, in Crime out of Mind:
- He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam.
- (dated) Any binocular glass, such as an opera glass, telescope, or microscope.
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Portuguese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Adjective
binocular m or f (plural binoculares)
- binocular (using two eyes or viewpoints)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
binocular (first-person singular present binoculo, first-person singular preterite binoculei, past participle binoculado)
- to observe using binoculars
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French binoculaire.
Adjective
binocular m or n (feminine singular binoculară, masculine plural binoculari, feminine and neuter plural binoculare)
Declension
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Spanish
Etymology
From French binoculaire, from bini (“double”) and oculaire (“ocular”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
binocular m or f (masculine and feminine plural binoculares)
Noun
binocular m (plural binoculares)
- (often in plural) binoculars
- Synonym: prismáticos
Further reading
- “binocular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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