fisheye
/ˈfɪʃˌaɪ/noun, verb
fisheye is a noun meaning “An unfriendly or suspicious glance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-S-H-E-Y-E, and it appears about once in every 4 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fisheye is fisheyes.
What does fisheye mean?
noun
- 1
An unfriendly or suspicious glance.
- 2
An undesirable effect in paint, particularly automotive finishes, normally caused by oil or other contaminants on the painted surface.
- 3
An undesirable dull appearance in the table of a diamond that has been cut too shallow.
- 4
Ellipsis of fisheye lens.
verb
- 1
To glance unfriendlily or suspiciously at.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fisheye?
- /ˈfɪʃˌaɪ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fisheye
- fisheyes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- fish eye
- fish-eye
- fisheyeing participle, present
- fisheying participle, present, rare
- fisheyed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fisheye?
Fisheye appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with fisheye
Also written: fish-eye (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Where does fisheye come from?
From fish + eye.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).