lens

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) optical lens
2. (feminine) crystalline lens in the eye

Adj

1. empty
2. weak, flaccid

Concepts

lens

empty

void

dry

emptily

eyeglass

glass

bare

impoverished

miserable

needy

parched

penniless

vacant

hollow

destitude

drily

Synonyms

vergrootglas

brandglas

ledig

leeg

loos

hol

🕳️

behoeftig

kristallens

berooid

nooddruftig

onbezet

opengevallen

vacant

Translations

Linse

lentille

φακός

lente

lente

mercek

lente

leer

vide

vácuo

lent

عدسة

cristallin

lentille

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɛns/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: lēns

Inherited from Middle Dutch: lense

Cognate with Middle Dutch: lunse

Cognate with Old English: lynis

In summary

Borrowed from Latin lēns (“lentil”).