oculaire
French, noun/ɔ.ky.lɛʁ/
oculaire is spelled O-C-U-L-A-I-R-E (8 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written French, the 20,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oculaire is a French masculine noun meaning “eyepiece, ocular” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Verre qui, dans un instrument optique, est proche de l’œil de l’observateur et lui renvoie les rayons…”.
What does oculaire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
eye; ocular
un témoin oculaire
noun
- 1
masculineeyepiece, ocular
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a rapport à l’œil. 2. Relatif à la vue ou à la vision.
noun: 1. Verre qui, dans un instrument optique, est proche de l’œil de l’observateur et lui renvoie les rayons lumineux collectés par l’objectif.
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 oculaire
- oculaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oculaire?
- /ɔ.ky.lɛʁ/
- \ɔ.ky.lɛʁ\
- [ɔ.ky.l̪ɛʁ̥]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oculaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oculaire in French?
oculaire appears 2.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).