Lens

//lɛnz//

Synonyms for "lens" (50 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (10)

baby blues banjo eyes bright eyes camera clear eyes contact lens cornea equipment

Noun(2 words)

crystalline lens electron lens

Strong matches (15)

eye eyeball eyeglass eyelid genus lens glass goggle eyes iris lens of eye lid magnifier

Noun(4 words)

eye lens lens of the eye lens system lense

Related words (25)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

12 relation types

More general

6 entries

channel communication channel electronic equipment line optical device organ

at location

6 entries

camera device requires optics eye glasses microscope telescope

capable of

2 entries

bend stream deflect objects from path

derived

91 entries

Barlow lens Fresnel lens Mediterranean lens Petzval lens achromatic lens best form lens burning lens capsule of lens circle contact lens circle lens close-up lens contact lens converging lens convex lens corrective lens corrugated lens

Showing 16 of 91 words.

has context

5 entries

anatomy biology earth science geology geometry

has property

1 entries

singular

is a

12 entries

achromatism anatomical structure channel electronic equipment optical device organ part of camera's optics piece of transparent material plant rosid dicot genus tangible thing translucence

made of

1 entries

glass

part of

7 entries

camera eye eyeglasses microscope optical instrument pair of glasses person's eye

receives action

1 entries

found on cameras

related to

36 entries

bean camera camera lens camera part contact convex crystalline curves defocus device electron eye eyes film focus for eyes

Showing 16 of 36 words.

used for

26 entries

bending light building into binoculars building into microscopes building into telescopes cameras correct bad vision correcting defective eyesight eyeglasses focus light focusing image focusing light helping people to see jeweler's loupe look through magnification magnify

Showing 16 of 26 words.

Translations

161 translations across 66 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

lente noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Arabic

2 entries

عَدَسَة noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
عَدَسَة اَلْعَيْن noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)

Armenian

1 entries

ոսպնյակ noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

linza noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Basque

2 entries

leiar noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
leiar noun (device which focuses or defocuses electron beams)

Belarusian

3 entries

аб'екты́ў noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
лі́нза noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
хруста́лік noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)

Bengali

1 entries

লেন্স noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Bulgarian

4 entries

кристалин noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)
ле́ща noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
леща noun (device which focuses or defocuses electron beams)
обекти́в noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Burmese

1 entries

မှန်ဘီလူး noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Catalan

1 entries

lent noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

晶狀體 /晶状体 noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)
水晶體 /水晶体 noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)
透鏡 /透镜 noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
鏡片 /镜片 noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Czech

3 entries

čočka noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
čočka noun (device which focuses or defocuses electron beams)
čočka noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)

Danish

1 entries

linse noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Dutch

4 entries

kristallens noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)
lens noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
lens noun (device which focuses or defocuses electron beams)
lens noun (geometry: convex shape bounded by two circular arcs)

Esperanto

2 entries

kristalino noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)
lenso noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Estonian

1 entries

lääts noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Finnish

4 entries

linssi noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
linssi noun (geometry: convex shape bounded by two circular arcs)
linssi noun (biology: genus of the legume family; its bean)
linssi noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)

French

4 entries

cristallin noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)
lentille noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
lentille noun (device which focuses or defocuses electron beams)
lentille noun (geometry: convex shape bounded by two circular arcs)

Galician

1 entries

lente noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Georgian

3 entries

ლინზა noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
ლინზა noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)
ოსპი noun (biology: genus of the legume family; its bean)

German

4 entries

Linse noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
Linse noun (device which focuses or defocuses electron beams)
Linse noun (biology: genus of the legume family; its bean)
Linse noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)

Greek

4 entries

φακή noun (biology: genus of the legume family; its bean)
φακός noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
φακός noun (device which focuses or defocuses electron beams)
φακός noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)

Hebrew

2 entries

עֲדָשָׁה noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
עֲדָשָׁה noun (biology: genus of the legume family; its bean)

Hindi

1 entries

लेंस noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Hungarian

4 entries

lencse noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
lencse noun (biology: genus of the legume family; its bean)
objektív noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
szemlencse noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)

Icelandic

1 entries

linsa noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Indonesian

2 entries

kanta noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
lensa noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Irish

1 entries

lionsa noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Italian

3 entries

lente noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
lenticchia noun (biology: genus of the legume family; its bean)
lentille noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Japanese

2 entries

レンズ noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
水晶体 noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)

Kazakh

1 entries

линза noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Khmer

3 entries

កែវ noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
កែវ noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)
មសូរ noun (biology: genus of the legume family; its bean)

Korean

2 entries

렌즈 noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
수정체 noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

линза noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Lao

2 entries

ເລັນ noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
ແວ່ນ noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Latvian

4 entries

lēca noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
lēca noun (device which focuses or defocuses electron beams)
lēca noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)
lēcas noun (biology: genus of the legume family; its bean)

Lithuanian

1 entries

lęšis noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Macedonian

3 entries

ле́ќа noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
леќа noun (biology: genus of the legume family; its bean)
објектив noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Malay

2 entries

kanta noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
lensa noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Mongolian

1 entries

линз noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

hawêne noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)

Norwegian

1 entries

linse noun (biology: genus of the legume family; its bean)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

linse noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
linse noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)
objektiv noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

linse noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
linse noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)
objektiv noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Persian

1 entries

عدسی noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Brellenglauss noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Polish

4 entries

soczewica noun (biology: genus of the legume family; its bean)
soczewka noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
soczewka noun (device which focuses or defocuses electron beams)
soczewka noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)

Portuguese

4 entries

cristalino noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)
lente noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
lente noun (device which focuses or defocuses electron beams)
lentilha noun (biology: genus of the legume family; its bean)

Romanian

4 entries

cristalin noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)
lentilă noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
linte noun (biology: genus of the legume family; its bean)
filma verb (to film)

Russian

4 entries

ли́нза noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
ли́нза noun (geometry: convex shape bounded by two circular arcs)
объекти́в noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
хруста́лик noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

leća noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
objèktīv noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
sȍčīvo noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
објѐктӣв noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Slovak

1 entries

šošovka noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Slovene

1 entries

leča noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Spanish

4 entries

cristal noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
cristalino noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)
lente noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
luna noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Swahili

1 entries

lensi noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Swedish

4 entries

lins noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
lins noun (biology: genus of the legume family; its bean)
lins noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)
objektiv noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Tagalog

2 entries

lente noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
paningob noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Tajik

1 entries

линза noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Thai

3 entries

เลนส์ noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
แก้วตา noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)
แว่น noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Turkish

3 entries

adese noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
lens noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
mercek noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Turkmen

1 entries

linza noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Ukrainian

4 entries

кришта́лик noun (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)
лі́нза noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
об'єкти́в noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
со́чка noun (device which focuses or defocuses electron beams)

Urdu

2 entries

عَدْسَہ noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
مَنْظُور noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Uzbek

1 entries

linza noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Venetan

3 entries

lent noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
lenta noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
lente noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Vietnamese

1 entries

thấu kính noun (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Through the lens the image was inverted.

Source: tatoeba (29482)

Will you find my contact lens for me?

Source: tatoeba (33559)

I'm looking for my contact lens.

Source: tatoeba (54811)

I think it would have been a better shoot with a 10mm lens.

Source: tatoeba (854619)

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