ocular
English
Etymology
Derived from the Latin oculāris (“of the eye”), from oculus (“eye”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒk.jə.lə/, /ˈɒk.jʊ.lə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑ.kjə.lɚ/, /ˈɑ.kjʊ.lɚ/
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Adjective
ocular (comparative more ocular, superlative most ocular)
- Of, or relating to the eye, or the sense of sight
- The medication may have adverse ocular side effects.
- It took some time after he lost his eye for him to receive his ocular prosthesis.
- 1860, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Behavior” in The Conduct of Life, Boston: Ticknor & Fields, p. 156,
- The eyes of men converse as much as their tongues, with the advantage, that the ocular dialect needs no dictionary, but is understood all the world over.
- Resembling the eye.
- ocular markings on the wings of a butterfly
- Seen by, or seeing with, the eye; visual.
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene iii]:
- Villain, be sure thou prove my love a whore,
Be sure of it; give me the ocular proof:
Or by the worth of man’s eternal soul,
Thou hadst been better have been born a dog
Than answer my waked wrath!
- 1692, Robert South, “A Discourse concerning Our Saviour’s Resurrection” in Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, London: Jonah Bowyer, Volume V, p. 171,
- For as Thomas was an ocular Witness of Christ’s Death and Burial, so were the other Disciples of his Resurrection; having actually seen him after he was risen.
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LXIII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume III, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], OCLC 13631815, page 300:
- […] I should have been apt to think, that the young gentlewomen and Mr. Lovelace were of longer acquaintance than yesterday. For he, by stealth, as it were, cast glances sometimes at them, which they returned; and, on my ocular notice, their eyes fell, as I may say, under my eye, as if they could not stand its examination.
- 1842, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Edward Randolph’s Portrait” in Twice-Told Tales, Volume 2, Boston: James Munroe, p. 32,
- Captain Lincoln proceeded to relate some of the strange fables and fantasies, which, as it was impossible to refute them by ocular demonstration, had grown to be articles of popular belief, in reference to this old picture.
- 1849 October 20, Nathaniel Parker Willis, “Death of Edgar Poe”, in Home Journal:
- Suddenly starting from a proposition, exactly and sharply defined, in terms of utmost simplicity and clearness, he rejected the forms of customary logic, and by a crystalline process of accretion, built up his ocular demonstrations in forms of gloomiest and ghastliest grandeur, […]
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Derived terms
- extraocular
- intraocular
- nonocular
- ocularly
- postocular
- preocular
- subocular
- supraocular
Translations
of or relating to the eye
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resembling the eye
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seen by the eye — see visual
Noun
ocular (plural oculars)
- The eyepiece of a microscope or other optical instrument.
- Any of the scales forming the margin of a reptile's eye.
Anagrams
- Lacour, locura, rucola
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ocularis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /o.kuˈla/
- (Central) IPA(key): /u.kuˈla/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /o.kuˈlaɾ/
Adjective
ocular (masculine and feminine plural oculars)
- ocular
Noun
ocular m (plural oculars)
- eyepiece, eyeglass
Related terms
- oll
Further reading
- “ocular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin oculāris.
Adjective
ocular m or f (plural oculares)
- ocular, pertaining to the eyes
Noun
ocular m (plural oculares)
- eyepiece, eyeglass
Related terms
- ollo
Further reading
- “ocular” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin oculāris.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.kuˈlaʁ/ [o.kuˈlah]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /o.kuˈlaɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /o.kuˈlaʁ/ [o.kuˈlaχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /o.kuˈlaɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.kuˈlaɾ/
Adjective
ocular m or f (plural oculares)
- ocular, pertaining to the eyes
Noun
ocular m (plural oculares)
- eyepiece, eyeglass
Romanian
Etymology
From French oculaire, from Latin ocularius.
Adjective
ocular m or n (feminine singular oculară, masculine plural oculari, feminine and neuter plural oculare)
- ocular
Declension
Declension of ocular
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | ocular | oculară | oculari | oculare | ||
| definite | ocularul | oculara | ocularii | ocularele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | ocular | oculare | oculari | oculare | ||
| definite | ocularului | ocularei | ocularilor | ocularelor | |||
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin oculāris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /okuˈlaɾ/ [o.kuˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: o‧cu‧lar
Adjective
ocular (plural oculares)
- ocular
Derived terms
- globo ocular
- ocularmente
- testigo ocular
Noun
ocular m (plural oculares)
- eyepiece, eyeglass
Related terms
- ojo
Further reading
- “ocular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014