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Definition: Monocle |
MonocleNoun1. Lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "monocle" was first used: 1886. (references) |
Etymology: Monocle \Mon"o*cle\, noun. [French expression See Monocular.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: MonocleSynonym: eyeglass (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Monocle |
| Non-English Usage: "Monocle" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (monocle), French (eye-glass, monocle). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Le Monocle rit jaune (1964) L' Oeil du monocle (1962) | |
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| "Monocle" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.83% of the time. "Monocle" is used about 46 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.83% | 45 | 50,900 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.17% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 46 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "monocle": monocle-and-green-face-powder. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
the monocle | 49 |
domain linkdomain monocle monocle solutions.com solutions.com | 31 |
monocle solutions.com | 24 |
lens monocle | 4 |
monocle restaurant | 2 |
dc monocle washington | 2 |
monocle mutual | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "monocle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | monokël (eyeglass), syze teke. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نظارة لعين واحدة, المونوكل نظارة أحادية الزجاج. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | монокъл (eyeglass, quizzing glass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | monokl. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | monokel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | monocle, oogglas (ocular). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | monoklo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | monokkeli (eye-glass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | monocle. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Monokel (eyeglass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μονόκλ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | משקף (a scope, screen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | monokli (black eye, eye-glass, mice, mouse, quizzing glass, quizzing-glass, single eyeglass), félszemüveg (eye-glass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | monocolo (eyeglass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 単眼鏡 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | た"が"きょう. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lieh-speckleyr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onoclemay monóculo (eyeglasses, monocline). (various references) monoclu. (various references) монокль (quizzing glass, quizzing-glass). (various references) monokl (quizzing glass). (various references) monóculo (monocular, one eyed, quiz). (various references) monokel (eyeglass, quizzing glass). (various references) monokl, tek gözlük (eyeglass). (various references) монокль (quizzing glass). (various references) kính một mắt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | monos. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | monoculus. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "monocle": monocled, monocles. (additional references) | |
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"Monocle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Manouche, monacle, Moncale, Moncloa, monice, monocal, munol, noncore. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "monocle" (pronounced mÄ"nukul) |
| 6 | -Ä" n u k u l | Chronicle. |
| 5 | -n u k u l | barnacle, clinical, pinnacle. |
| 4 | -u k u l | aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, anthropological, article, biblical, biochemical, chemical, clavicle, clerical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, cuticle, diacritical, domical, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, follicle, geophysical, grammatical, hierarchical, hypothetical, impractical, maniacal, medical, meteorological, methodical, miracle, mythical, nautical, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, photochemical, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, quizzical, radical, receptacle, reciprocal, satirical, skeptical, spectacle, tentacle, typical, unequivocal. |
| 3 | -k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, ankle, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, bifocal, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, brickle, buckle, cackle, categorical, cervical, chronological, chuckle, circle, classical, comical, conical, crackle, critical, cubicle, cycle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, debacle, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ducal, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encircle, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, freckle, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, gonococcal, grackle, granduncle, graphical, gynecological, hackle, heckle, helical, heretical, heterocercal, historical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, jackal, knuckle, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, local, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, matriarchal, mechanical, meikle, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, Mickle, morphological, motorcycle, muckle, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, optical, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, patriarchal, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, pickle, popsicle, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, pumpernickel, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, recycle, rhetorical, ruckle, runkle, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, shackle, shekel, sickle, sociological, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spherical, sprinkle, statistical, stereotypical, stickle, strategical, suckle, surgical, symmetrical, tabernacle, tackle, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, theoretical, tickle, tinkle, topical, toxicological, trickle, tricycle, tropical, twinkle, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncle, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, unicycle, unshackle, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, vocal, whimsical, Winkle, wrinkle, zoological. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-l-m-n-o-o" | |
-1 letter: coelom, colone. | |
-2 letters: celom, clone, colon, lemon, melon. | |
-3 letters: clon, cole, come, cone, cool, coon, enol, leno, loco, lone, loom, loon, meno, mole, mono, mool, moon, noel, nolo, nome, oleo, omen, once. | |
-4 letters: cel, col, con, coo, elm, eon, loo, mel, men, moc, mol, mon, moo, nom, noo, ole, one. | |
-5 letters: el, em, en, lo. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-l-m-n-o-o" | |
+1 letter: colormen, monocled, monocles. | |
+2 letters: monocline, schoolmen, semicolon. | |
+3 letters: commonweal, completion, complexion, coromandel, economical, monoclines, monostelic, mooncalves, noncomplex, nucleosome, semicolons, semicolony, somnolence, teleonomic. | |
+4 letters: aeronomical, coemploying, collembolan, commonplace, commonweals, completions, complexions, conformable, controlment, coromandels, homonuclear, mesocyclone, monoculture, mononuclear, myoclonuses, nomenclator, nucleosomal, nucleosomes, policewoman, policewomen, scopolamine, somnolences. | |
+5 letters: collembolans, commonalties, commonplaces, commonwealth, compellation, complexation, complexional, complexioned, componential, compoundable, conglomerate, contemplator, controlments, contumelious, councilwomen, economically, mesocyclones, metronomical, monocultures, monometallic, mononuclears, mononucleate, monophyletic, nomenclators, nonhemolytic, nonmolecular, oleandomycin, pneumococcal, scopolamines, semicolonial, semicolonies, uneconomical. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 6F 6E 6F 63 6C 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- --- -. --- -.-. .-.. . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01101111 01101110 01101111 01100011 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M o n o c l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 006F 006E 006F 0063 006C 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47818081697871 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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