pince-nez

English

pince-nez

Etymology

Borrowed from French pince-nez (literally “pinch-nose”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pænsˈneɪ/, /pæ̃sˈneɪ/

Noun

pince-nez (plural pince-nez)

temple-less eyeglasses that clip to the bridge of the nose
- Furst, Alan 2000 Kingdom of Shadows, p170:
  Shabet took a pince-nez from his breast pocket and settled it on the bridge of his nose.

Synonyms

Oxford glasses

Translations

type of eyeglasses

Finnish: nenälasit pl, pinnelasit pl
French: pince-nez (fr) m
German: Zwicker (de) m
Ido: binoklo (io), naz-binoklo

Japanese: 鼻メガネ (はなめがね, hana-megane)
Portuguese: pincenê (pt) m, pince-nez (pt) m
Russian: пенсне́ (ru) n (pensnɛ́)
Serbo-Croatian: cviker (sh) m
Spanish: quevedos (es) m pl

Further reading

pince-nez on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɛ̃s.ne/

Noun

pince-nez m (plural pince-nez)

(dated, literary) pince-nez
noseclip

Descendants

→ Russian: пенсне́ n (pensnɛ́)

Further reading

“pince-nez” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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