spyglass

English

Spyglass (1)

Spyglass (2)

Etymology

From spy +‎ glass.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈspaɪˌɡlæs/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

spyglass (plural spyglasses)

1. A small portable telescope.
2. (uncommon, regional) A pair of binoculars.

Translations

portable telescope

• Armenian: դիտակ (hy) (ditak), դիտափող (hy) (ditapʻoġ)
• Breton: lunedenn-hirwel f
• Bulgarian: далекоглед (bg) m (dalekogled)
• Catalan: ullera (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小型望遠鏡 / 小型望远镜 (xiǎoxíng wàngyuǎnjìng)

• Dutch: verrekijker (nl) m
• Finnish: kaukoputki (fi)
• French: longue-vue (fr) f, lunette d'approche f
• Galician: tangalexo m, catalexo m
• German: Fernglas (de) n
• Greek: κιάλι (el) n (kiáli), κανοκιάλι (el) n (kanokiáli)
• Ido: lorno (io)
• Ingrian: kiikari
• Irish: fadradharcán m
• Italian: cannocchiale (it) m, binocolo (it) m
• Macedonian: дурбин m (durbin)
• Polish: luneta (pl) f
• Portuguese: luneta (pt) f
• Romanian: ochean (ro) n
• Russian: подзо́рная труба́ (ru) f (podzórnaja trubá)
• Spanish: catalejo (es) m
• Swedish: kikare (sv) c
• Turkish: dürbün (tr), teleskop (tr), ırakgörür (tr)
• Welsh: ysbienddrych m

binoculars — see binoculars