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.
Synonym: (archaic) lorgnon
Elaborate double eyeglasses.

Coordinate terms

longue-vue

Translations

an opera glass with a handle

Bulgarian: лорнет m (lornet)
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)
German: Lorgnon (de) n, Lorgnette (de) f
Hungarian: lornyon, lornyett
Ido: lorneto (io), binoklo (io), manu-binoklo, bilorneto (io)
Italian: occhialetto m, occhialino m, fassamano (it) m
Polish: lorgnon m, lornion m
Russian: лорне́т (ru) m (lornét)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ло̀рњет m, ло̀рњо̄н m

Roman: lòrnjet (sh) m, lòrnjōn (sh) m

Further reading

lorgnette on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From lorgner (“to take a sidelong look at”) +‎ -ette, analogous to lunette.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɔʁ.ɲɛt/

Noun

lorgnette f (plural lorgnettes)

lorgnette
- 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis‎:
  Au théâtre, nous occuperions une loge. En me penchant, je pourrais toucher le rideau. De toute la salle, on nous observerait, avec des lorgnettes.
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Derived terms

regarder par le petit bout de la lorgnette

Further reading

“lorgnette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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