lorgnette

English

A lorgnette.

Etymology

Borrowed from French lorgnette, from lorgner (“to take a sidelong look at”) (from Middle French lorgne (“crosseyed”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɒɹnjɛt/
Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

lorgnette (plural lorgnettes)

An opera glass with a handle.
Elaborate double eyeglasses.

Synonyms

lorgnon

Translations

an opera glass with a handle

Dutch: toneelkijker (nl) m, binocle (nl) f, lorgnet (nl) f or n (uncommon)
Finnish: lornetti (fi)
French: lorgnette (fr) f, lorgnon (fr) m, binocle (fr) m
Georgian: ლორნეტი (ka) (lorneṭi)
Hungarian: lornyon, lornyett
Ido: lorneto (io), binoklo (io), manu-binoklo, bilorneto (io)

Italian: occhialetto m, occhialino m, fassamano (it) m
Russian: лорне́т (ru) m (lornét)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ло̀рњет m, ло̀рњо̄н m

Roman: lòrnjet (sh) m, lòrnjōn (sh) m

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