How do you pronounce ocular?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɑ.kjə.lɚ/.

ocular

/ˈɑ.kjə.lɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables: oc-u-lar
IPA: /ˈɑ.kjə.lɚ/

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Meaning

adj

Of, or relating to the eye, or the sense of sight

adj

Resembling the eye.

adj

Seen by, or seeing with, the eye; visual.

noun

The eyepiece of a microscope or other optical instrument, i.e., the optical element closest to the eye.

noun

Any of the scales forming the margin of a reptile's eye.

Example Sentences

"The medication may have adverse ocular side effects."
"It took some time after he lost his eye for him to receive his ocular prosthesis."
"The eyes of men converse as much as their tongues, with the advantage, that the ocular dialect needs no dictionary, but is understood all the world over."
"ocular markings on the wings of a butterfly"
"Villain, be sure thou prove my love a whore, Be sure of it; give me the ocular proof: Or by the worth of man’s eternal soul, Thou hadst been better have been born a dog Than answer my waked wrath!"
"For as Thomas was an ocular Witness of Christ’s Death and Burial, so were the other Disciples of his Resurrection; having actually seen him after he was risen."

Etymology

Derived from the Latin oculāris (“of the eye”), from oculus (“eye”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *h₃ekʷ-, oculāris

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɑ.kjə.lɚ/
British English: /ˈɒk.jə.lə/

Inflected Forms

more ocular (comparative) most ocular (superlative) oculars (plural)

Derived Forms

antennocular anteocular biocular circumocular dextrocular electroocular endoocular extraocular infraocular inocular interocular intraocular

Phrases

ocular lens ocular micrometer ocular radiance ocular spark presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome

Synonyms

visual optic optical ophthalmic eyepiece

Homonyms

locular

Antonyms

objective