myope
French, noun/mjɔp/
myope is spelled M-Y-O-P-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Myope is a French feminine noun meaning “nearsighted person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui, celle qui a la vue fort courte et qui ne peut voir les objets éloignés sans le secours d’un verre…”.
What does myope mean in English?
adjective
- 1
nearsighted
- 2
narrow-minded
noun
- 1
femininemasculinenearsighted person
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a la vue fort courte et qui ne peut voir clairement les objets éloignés sans le secours d’un verre concave. 2. Étroit d’esprit.
noun: 1. Celui, celle qui a la vue fort courte et qui ne peut voir les objets éloignés sans le secours d’un verre concave.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of myope
- myopes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce myope?
- /mjɔp/
- \mjɔp\
- [mjɔp]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to myope
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is myope in French?
myope appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).