Loupe

//luːp// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A magnifying glass, usually mounted in an eyepiece, often used by jewellers and watchmakers.

    "Pemulis owns stuff like philatelic forceps, a loupe, a pharmaceutical scale, a postal scale, a personal-size Bunsen burner […]"

  2. 2
    small magnifying glass (usually set in an eyepiece) used by jewelers and horologists wordnet
  3. 3
    A type of short-range binoculars used by surgeons and dentists.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Example

More examples

"Pemulis owns stuff like philatelic forceps, a loupe, a pharmaceutical scale, a postal scale, a personal-size Bunsen burner […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from French loupe.

Related phrases

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.