oculus

English

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oculus

Wikipedia

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin oculus (“eye”). Doublet of occhio.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒk.jʊ.ləs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑk.jə.ləs/

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• Rhymes: -ɒkjʊləs

Noun

oculus (plural oculi)

1. (architecture) A window or other opening that has an oval or circular shape (as of an eye).
   1. The central boss of a volute.
   2. An opening at the apex of a dome.

      One can glimpse the sky through the oculus of the Pantheon in Rome.

Translations

circular window or opening

Bulgarian: кръгъл прозорец (krǎgǎl prozorec) Catalan: ull de bou (ca) m, òcul (ca) m French: œil-de-bœuf (fr) m German: Oculus m, Ochsenauge (de) n, Rundfenster n Hebrew: אוֹקוּלוּס (he) m (okulus) Italian: opaion m Japanese: 目 (ja) (me), 眼 (ja) (me) Spanish: óculo (es) m Swedish: oculus (sv) c, oxöga (sv) n

References

• “oculus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “oculus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin oculus. Doublet of œil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ky.lys/

Noun

oculus m (plural oculus)

1. oculus

Further reading

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