eye
An organ through which animals seeAn organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”).
» He hit me in the eye.
Он ударил меня в глаз.
Он попал мне в глаз.
Він ударив мене в око.
Meaning
30 sensesAn organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”).
Near-synonym: eyeball
Bright lights really hurt my eyes.
Auge, Aug
глазglaz, о́коóko
о́коóko
The visual sense.
The car was quite pleasing to the eye, but impractical.
The iris of the eye, being of a specified colour.
Brown, blue, green, hazel eyes.
Natalie’s brown eyes looked into Jim’s blue eyes, and the girl and boy flirted.
Attention, notice.
That dress caught her eye.
attention to what is seen
The ability to notice what others might miss.
He has an eye for talent.
Auge
глазglaz, нюхnjux, чутьёčutʹjó
A meaningful look or stare.
(usually)A sexually or romantically suggestive one.
She was giving him the eye at the bar.
(usually)An angry, annoyed, or malicious one.
When the car cut her off, she gave him the eye.
An angry, annoyed, or malicious one.
(usually)An evil one.
He sought the help of an alchemist regarding remedies to ward off the eye.
A hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed.
Öhr, Nadelöhr
ушко́uškó
ву́шкоvúško
a small hole or loop (as in a needle)
The oval hole of an axehead through which the axehandle is fitted.
A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage of a cord or line.
Öse
глазо́кglazók
A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a hook, pin, rope, shaft, etc.; for example, at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss, through a crank, at the end of a rope, or through a millstone.
Examples
5542 sentencesHe hit me in the eye.
Він ударив мене в око.
ruОн ударил меня в глаз.
He looked me in the eye.
Він подивився мені в очі.
ruОн посмотрел мне в глаза.
deEr schaute mir in die Augen.
He is blind in one eye.
Він сліпий на одне око.
ruОн слепой на один глаз.
deEr ist auf einem Auge blind.
I saw tears in her eyes.
Я бачив сльози в її очах.
ruЯ увидел в её глазах слёзы.
I'd like to buy eye drops.
Я хотів би купити краплі для очей.
ruЯ хотела бы купить глазные капли.
deIch würde gerne Augentropfen kaufen.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English e, eye, eyghe, eyȝe, eȝhe, iȝe, ye, yhe, from Old English ēage, ēge (“From Middle English e, eye, eyghe, eyȝe, eȝhe, iȝe, ye, yhe, from Old English ēage, ēge (“eye”), from Proto-West Germanic *augā, from Proto-Germanic *augô (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Related to ogle.
Probably from rebracketing of a nye as an eye.
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Forms
plural: eyesSynonyms
19 synonymsWord family
297 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
Collocations
12 patterns- an an eye
- an eye on
- closed his eyes
- his eyes closed
- with his eyes
- eyes closed
- his eyes and
- close your eyes
- blue eyes
- black eye
- keep your eyes
- opened his eyes