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See also:Eye,ẹyẹ,ɛyɛ,éyè,andəyə

English

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A humaneye, showingiris andpupil behind thetransparentcornea
Compoundeye of aspecies of fly, showing sizegradation ofommatidia from top down. Theocelli are just visible at the top between the compound eyes
Eye of asewing needle with thread passing through
The eye of atropicalcyclonic storm shows here as a dark spot in the middle of the whitevortex of cloud as seen from asatellite

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englisheye,eie,,eighe,eyghe,yȝe,eyȝe, fromOld Englishēage(eye), fromProto-West Germanic*augā, fromProto-Germanic*augô(eye) (compareScotsee,West Frisianeach,Dutchoog,GermanAuge,Danishøje,Norwegian Bokmåløye,Norwegian Nynorskauga,Swedishöga), fromProto-Indo-European*h₃okʷ-,*h₃ekʷ-(eye; to see).

OtherIndo-European cognates includeLatinoculus (whenceEnglishoculus),Lithuanianaki̇̀s,Old Church Slavonicоко(oko),Albaniansy,Ancient Greekὄψ(óps,(poetic) eye; face) andὄσσε(ósse,eyes),Armenianակն(akn),Avestan𐬀𐬱𐬌(aši,eyes),Sanskritअक्षि(ákṣi). Related toogle.

The uncommon plural formeyen is fromMiddle Englisheyen, fromOld Englishēaġan, nominative and accusative plural ofēaġe(eye).

Noun

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eye (pluraleyesor(archaic or dialectal)eyenor(archaic)eyne)

  1. Anorgan through whichanimalssee(perceivesurroundings vialight).
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:eye
    Hyponym:ocellus
    Bright lights really hurt myeyes.
  2. Thevisualsense.
    The car was quite pleasing to theeye, but impractical.
  3. Theiris of the eye, being of a specifiedcolour.
    Brown, blue, green, hazeleyes.
    Natalie’s browneyes looked into Jim’s blueeyes, and the girl and boy flirted.
  4. Attention,notice.
    That dress caught hereye.
  5. Theability to notice what others mightmiss.
    Synonym:perceptiveness
    He has aneye for talent.
    • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
      Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervisingeye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.
  6. Ameaningfullook orstare.
    She wasgiving him theeye at the bar.
    When the car cut her off, she gave him theeye.
  7. Short forprivate eye.
  8. Ahole at thebluntend of aneedle through whichthread ispassed.
  9. Theoval hole of anaxehead through which theaxehandle isfitted.
    • 1856 October 18,The People’s Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator, Sydney, N.S.W., page 6, column 1:
      [H]e struck the Duffer a sharp blow on the back of the head with theeye of the axe, and left him stunned and senseless on the earth[.]
  10. Afittingconsisting of aloop ofmetal or othermaterial,suitable forreceiving ahook or thepassage of acord orline.
    Hyponyms:eyebolt,eye bolt,eyehook,eye hook,eyelet,screweye,screw eye
  11. A loop formingpart 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 abridgetruss, through acrank, at the end of a rope, or through amillstone.
    Coordinate terms:boss,ear
  12. (US) Aburner on akitchenstove.
  13. Therelativelycalm andclearcentre of ahurricane or othercyclonicstorm.
  14. Amark on an animal, such as abutterfly orpeacock, resembling ahuman eye.
  15. Thedarkspot on ablack-eyed pea.
  16. Areproductivebud in apotato.
  17. (informal) The darkbrown centre of ablack-eyed Susanflower.
  18. That which resembles the eye in relativebeauty orimportance.
  19. Ashade of colour; atinge.
    • 1664,Robert Boyle, “Experiment XII”, inExperiments and Considerations Touching Colours. [], London: [] Henry Herringman [],→OCLC, part III (Containing Promiscuous Experiments about Colours),page220:
      Red vvith anEye of Blevv, makes a Purple; and by theſe ſimple Compoſitions again Compounded among themſelves, the Skilful Painter can produce vvhat kind of Colour he pleaſes, and a great many more than vve have yet Names for.
  20. One of the holes in certainkinds ofcheese.
  21. (architecture) The circle in the centre of avolute.
  22. (nautical, in theplural) Theforemost part of aship'sbows; thehawseholes.
  23. (typography) Theenclosedcounter(negativespace) of the lower-caselettere.
    • 2022,Hernan Diaz,Trust, Picador (2023):
      The “e” was a bit over-inked, with a blacked-outeye.
  24. (go) Anemptypoint orgroup of pointssurrounded by oneplayer'sstones.
  25. (usually in theplural)Opinion,view.
    This victory will make us great in theeyes of the world.
  26. (mining)Synonym ofpit-eye
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Descendants
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  • Sranan Tongo:ai
Translations
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Seeeye/translations § Noun.
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Verb

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eye (third-person singular simple presenteyes,present participleeyeingoreying,simple past and past participleeyed)

  1. (transitive) Tocarefully orappraisinglyobserve (someone or something).
    Synonym:gaze(poetic)
    Aftereyeing the document for half an hour, she decided not to sign it.
    They went out andeyed the new car one last time before deciding.
    • 1859,Fraser’s Magazine, volume60, page671:
      Each downcast monk in silence takes / His place a newmade grave around, / Each one his brother sadlyeying.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) Toappear; tolook.
  3. (transitive) To remove the reproductive buds from (potatoes).
    • 1996,Food Preparation and Cooking, page418:
      Once the potatoes have been rumbled they require 'eyeing' with a turning knife or hand peeler.
    • 2012, Bob Vargovcik,Bayonne Boy, page19:
      My first assignment waseyeing old potatoes. The Siegler brothers would buy potatoes so old they looked like an octopus. My job was to make them look presentable and, of course, sellable.
  4. (transitive) To allow (fish eggs) to develop so that the black eye spots are visible.
    • 1927,Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the Forty-Seventh Session of the Legislature of the State of California:
      Eggs were collected from the Taylor Creek, Upper Truckee River, and Blackwood Creek traps and transported to this station to beeyed[]
Derived terms
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Translations
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to observe carefully or appraisingly
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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eye (pluraleyes)

  1. The name of theLatin-script letterI/i.
    • 2004, Will Rogers,The Stonking Steps, page170:
      It said, in a whispering, buzzing voice, "Gee-you-ess-ess-ay-dash-em-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-em-eye-en-gee-oh-dash-pee-eye-pee-dash-pee-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-pee-eye-en-gee-oh."
    • 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".
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Etymology 3

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Probably from rebracketing ofanye asan eye.

Noun

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eye (pluraleyes)

  1. Abrood.
    aneye of pheasants

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Anagrams

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Englisheġe, fromProto-West Germanic*agi, fromProto-Germanic*agaz, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂égʰos.Doublet ofawe.

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Noun

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eye (uncountable)

  1. awe,reverence,worshipfulness
  2. horror,panic
  3. that which creates reverence; the exercise ofpower
  4. that which incitesawe
  5. that which incitesterror
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Descendants
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  • English:ey(obsolete)

References

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Etymology 2

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Noun

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eye

  1. Alternative form ofeie

Etymology 3

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Noun

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eye

  1. Alternative form ofey(egg)

Nupe

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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eyé

  1. eye
  2. face;surface

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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eyè

  1. nose

Tatar

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Adverb

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eye

  1. very,of course, emphatic adverb

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

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Interjection

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eye

  1. hey!

References

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  • Brewer, Forrest, Brewer, Jean G. (1962)Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8)‎[2] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: ElInstituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con laSecretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Internados de Enseñanza Primaria y Educación Indígena, published1971, page126

Tocharian B

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Etymology

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Ultimately fromProto-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, compareHittiteiyant(sheep) andOscaneítuvam(wealth) (originally meaning livestock, for which semantically compareLatinpecunia).

Noun

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eye ?

  1. sheep,goat

Further reading

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  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “eye”, inA Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European;10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi,→ISBN,page98

Umbundu

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Pronoun

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eye

  1. (third-person singular pronoun)

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Umbundu personal pronouns
singularplural
first personameetu
second personoveene
third personeyeovo

Yoruba

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Possibly related to etymology 2, but this is used in slightly more formal settings.

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èye

  1. (Ekiti)mother,mom
    Synonyms:ìyá,ùyá,màmá,mọ́mì,abiyamọ,iye,ìmọ̀mọ́,màámi,ìmọ́ọ̀
  2. a term offamiliarity orrespect for an older woman, or older female relative, or apriestess
    Synonyms:ìyá,màmá,yèyé
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Etymology 2

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Perhaps related toEdoiye and Yorùbáiye

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èyé

  1. (Ekiti)mother,mom
    Synonyms:ìyá,ùyá,màmá,mọ́mì,abiyamọ,iye,ìmọ̀mọ́,màámi,ìmọ́ọ̀
  2. a term offamiliarity orrespect for an older woman, or older female relative
    Synonyms:ìyá,màmá,yèyé
Derived terms
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  • èyeèye(grandmother, maternal grandmother)
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