binocular
English
Etymology
From French binoculaire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɪˈnɒkjʊlə(ɹ)/
Audio (UK) (file)
Adjective
binocular (not comparable)
- Using two eyes or viewpoints; especially, using two eyes or viewpoints to ascertain distance.
- a binocular microscope or telescope
- 1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], OCLC 2313581:
- Most animals are binocular.
- 2013 July 9, Joselle DiNunzio Kehoe, “Cognition, brains and Riemann”, in plus.maths.org, retrieved 2013-09-08:
- our perception of distance arises from the geometry of binocular vision and our early learning seems based on calculating probabilities.
Derived terms
- binocularity
- binocular O
- binocular vision
Translations
using two eyes or viewpoints
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Noun
binocular (plural binoculars)
- attributive form of binoculars
- A pair of binoculars.
- 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 14, in Crime out of Mind:
- He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam.
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- (dated) Any binocular glass, such as an opera glass, telescope, or microscope.
Translations
any binocular glass
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See also
- binoculars
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From bi- + -n- + ocular.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /bi.no.kuˈlaʁ/ [bi.no.kuˈlah]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /bi.no.kuˈlaɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /bi.no.kuˈlaʁ/ [bi.no.kuˈlaχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /bi.no.kuˈlaɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bi.nu.kuˈlaɾ/
Adjective
binocular m or f (plural binoculares)
- binocular (using two eyes or viewpoints)
Etymology 2
From binóculos + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /bi.no.kuˈla(ʁ)/ [bi.no.kuˈla(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /bi.no.kuˈla(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /bi.no.kuˈla(ʁ)/ [bi.no.kuˈla(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /bi.no.kuˈla(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bi.nu.kuˈlaɾ/
Verb
binocular (first-person singular present binoculo, first-person singular preterite binoculei, past participle binoculado)
- to observe using binoculars
Conjugation
Conjugation of binocular (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | binocular | |||||
Personal | binocular | binoculares | binocular | binocularmos | binoculardes | binocularem |
Gerund | ||||||
binoculando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | binoculado | binoculados | ||||
Feminine | binoculada | binoculadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | binoculo | binoculas | binocula | binoculamos | binoculais | binoculam |
Imperfect | binoculava | binoculavas | binoculava | binoculávamos | binoculáveis | binoculavam |
Preterite | binoculei | binoculaste | binoculou | binoculamos1, binoculámos2 | binoculastes | binocularam |
Pluperfect | binoculara | binocularas | binoculara | binoculáramos | binoculáreis | binocularam |
Future | binocularei | binocularás | binoculará | binocularemos | binoculareis | binocularão |
Conditional | ||||||
binocularia | binocularias | binocularia | binocularíamos | binocularíeis | binoculariam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | binocule | binocules | binocule | binoculemos | binoculeis | binoculem |
Imperfect | binoculasse | binoculasses | binoculasse | binoculássemos | binoculásseis | binoculassem |
Future | binocular | binoculares | binocular | binocularmos | binoculardes | binocularem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | binocula | binocule | binoculemos | binoculai | binoculem | |
Negative (não) | não binocules | não binocule | não binoculemos | não binoculeis | não binoculem |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Romanian
Etymology
From French binoculaire.
Adjective
binocular m or n (feminine singular binoculară, masculine plural binoculari, feminine and neuter plural binoculare)
- binocular
Declension
Declension of binocular
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | binocular | binoculară | binoculari | binoculare | ||
definite | binocularul | binoculara | binocularii | binocularele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | binocular | binoculare | binoculari | binoculare | ||
definite | binocularului | binocularei | binocularilor | binocularelor |
Spanish
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A pair of binoculars
Etymology
From French binoculaire, from bini (“double”) and oculaire (“ocular”).
Adjective
binocular (plural binoculares)
- binocular
Noun
binocular m (plural binoculares)
- (often in plural) binoculars
- Synonym: prismáticos
Further reading
- “binocular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014