monocle C2 Topic:Animals US /ˈmɑnəkəl/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like manacle /æ/ vs /ɑ/ Freq #34564 Meanings 1 noun lens for correcting defective vision in one eye 2 noun A single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye. 3 noun A one-eyed animal. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · lens for correcting... eyeglass Word family Derived forms bemonocledmonocled Related forms glassesspectacles Etymology 1886, borrowed from French monocle, from Late Latin monoculus (“one-eyed”), from mono- (“single”) + oculus (“eye”). Topics Animals External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # monocle **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈmɑnəkəl/ **Frequency rank:** 34564 ## Meanings 1. lens for correcting defective vision in one eye 2. A single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye. 3. A one-eyed animal. ## Derived Forms - bemonocled - monocled ## Related Forms - glasses - spectacles ## Etymology 1886, borrowed from French monocle, from Late Latin monoculus (“one-eyed”), from mono- (“single”) + oculus (“eye”). ## Topics - Animals markdown