eye

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: ī, IPA(key): /aɪ/ Homophones: ay, aye, I Rhymes: -aɪ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English eye, yë, eyghe, from Old English ēage (“eye”), from Proto-West Germanic *augā, from Proto-Germanic *augô (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Related to ogle. The archaic plural form eyen is from Middle English eyen, from Old English ēaġan, nominative and accusative plural of ēaġe (“eye”). ==== Noun ==== eye (plural eyes or (archaic or dialectal) eyen) An organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”). Synonyms: see Thesaurus:eye Hyponym: ocellus Near-synonym: eyeball The visual sense. The iris of the eye, being of a specified colour. Attention, notice. The ability to notice what others might miss. Synonym: perceptiveness A meaningful look or stare. Ellipsis of private eye. A hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed. 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. Hyponyms: eyebolt, eye bolt, eyehook, eye hook, eyelet, screweye, screw eye 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. Coordinate terms: boss, ear (US) A burner on a kitchen stove. The relatively calm and clear centre of a hurricane or other cyclonic storm. A mark on an animal, such as a butterfly or peacock, resembling a human eye. The dark spot on a black-eyed pea. A reproductive bud in a potato. (informal) The dark brown centre of a black-eyed Susan flower. That which resembles the eye in relative beauty or importance. A shade of colour; a tinge. One of the holes in certain kinds of cheese. (architecture) The circle in the centre of a volute. (nautical, in the plural) The foremost part of a ship's bows; the hawseholes. (typography) The enclosed counter (“negative space”) of the lower-case letter e. (go) An empty point or group of points surrounded by one player's stones. (usually in the plural) Opinion, view. (mining) Synonym of pit-eye. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Sranan Tongo: ai ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== tapetum lucidum ==== Verb ==== eye (third-person singular simple present eyes, present participle eyeing or (rare) eying, simple past and past participle eyed) (transitive) To carefully or appraisingly observe (someone or something). Synonym: gaze (poetic) (intransitive, obsolete) To appear; to look. (transitive) To remove the reproductive buds from (potatoes). (transitive) To allow (fish eggs) to develop so that the black eye spots are visible. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== eye (plural eyes) The name of the Latin script letter I/i. 2016 CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), pages 3–5: IED [is spoken] as "eye-ee-dee" instead of "I SPELL India Echo Delta Romeo". ===== Alternative forms ===== i ===== Derived terms ===== eff why eye === Etymology 3 === Probably from rebracketing of a nye as an eye. ==== Noun ==== eye (plural eyes) A brood. === Further reading === eye on Wikipedia.Wikipedia human eye on Wikipedia.Wikipedia eye (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Yee, yee == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old English ēage, ēge, from Proto-West Germanic *augā, from Proto-Germanic *augô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs. ==== Alternative forms ==== e, eȝe, ei, eie, eighe, eyghe, eyȝe, iȝe, yȝe, ye, yë, yghe, yhe eȝhe (Ormulum); ehe (AB language) ==== Pronunciation ==== (Early Middle English) IPA(key): /ˈeːɣə/, /ˈeːjə/ (non-Northern) IPA(key): /ˈei̯(ə)/ (earlier), /ˈiː(ə)/ (later) (Northern) IPA(key): /ˈei̯/ (earlier), /eː/ (later) ==== Noun ==== eye (plural eyen or (West Midlands, Norfolk) eynen or (late, uncommon) eyes) The eye; the organ used for sight. The visual sense (as residing in the eyes) The eyes as a way of watching or observing. The iris (as being a specified colour) (figuratively) A highly valued or regarded object. Knowledge, perception, or understanding. A hole or perforation; an round opening. An object resembling an eye: The eye of an peacock's tail. A bud, graft or shoot of a plant. ===== Derived terms ===== in his eye, in his eyen ===== Descendants ===== English: eye (see there for further descendants) Geordie: ee, eye Middle Scots: ee, e, E (mainly early), ei, eie, eye (after Early Modern English), eae, eee, ie (rare)Scots: ee, eh Yola: iee ===== References ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old English eġe, from Proto-West Germanic *agi, from Proto-Germanic *agaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂égʰos. Doublet of awe. ==== Alternative forms ==== eȝe, eie, eiȝe, eyȝe eȝȝe (Ormulum) ==== Pronunciation ==== (Early Middle English) IPA(key): /ˈɛjə/ IPA(key): /ˈæi̯(ə)/ Rhymes: -æi̯(ə) ==== Noun ==== eye (uncountable) Awe, reverence or worshipfulness: Terror, fear or dread. Domination; fear-inspiring behaviour. Ire, anger; the state of being angry. Something shocking or wonderful. ===== Related terms ===== eiliche (rare) eyeful (rare) ===== Descendants ===== English: ey (obsolete) ==== References ==== “eie, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 April 2018. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== eye alternative form of ey (“egg”) == Middle Scots == === Noun === eye alternative form of ee (“eye”) == Nupe == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /e.jé/ ==== Noun ==== eyé eye face; surface === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /e.jè/ ==== Noun ==== eyè nose == Tatar == === Adverb === eye very, of course, emphatic adverb == Tetelcingo Nahuatl == === Interjection === eye hey! === References === Brewer, Forrest; Brewer, Jean G. (1962), Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8)‎[5] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano; Secretaría de Educación Pública, published 1971, page 126 == Tocharian B == === Etymology === Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éy-ós, nominalized form of *h₁ey- (“to go”), where the semantics developed along the lines of the animals being herded. For similar etymological and semantic developments, compare Hittite iyant (“sheep”) and Oscan eítuvam (“wealth”) (originally meaning livestock, for which semantically compare Latin pecunia). === Noun === eye ? sheep, goat === Further reading === Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “eye”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 98 == Umbundu == === Pronoun === eye (third-person singular pronoun) === See also === == Yoruba == === Alternative forms === yèyé === Etymology 1 === Possibly related to etymology 2, but this is used in slightly more formal settings. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /è.jé/ ==== Noun ==== èye (Ekiti) mother, mom Synonyms: ìyá, ùyá, màmá, mọ́mì, abiyamọ, iye, ìmọ̀mọ́, màámi, ìmọ́ọ̀ a term of familiarity or respect for an older woman, or older female relative, or a priestess Synonyms: ìyá, màmá, yèyé ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Perhaps related to Edo iye and Yorùbá iye ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /è.jē/ ==== Noun ==== èyé (Ekiti) mother, mom Synonyms: ìyá, ùyá, màmá, mọ́mì, abiyamọ, iye, ìmọ̀mọ́, màámi, ìmọ́ọ̀ a term of familiarity or respect for an older woman, or older female relative Synonyms: ìyá, màmá, yèyé ===== Derived terms =====