Meanings
plural eyedrops · alternative eye-drop · alternative eye drop
- medicineMedicine to be administered to the eyes in the form of a drop of liquid.
- poeticA tear.
My lord, I found the prince in the next room, / Washing with kindly tears his gentle cheeks, / With such a deep demeanour in great sorrow / That tyranny, which never quaff'd but blood, / Would, by beholding him, have wash'd his knife / With gentle eye-drops. He is coming hither.
c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v], line 88Synonyms: teardrop
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA tear.
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Origin
From eye + drop. Compare West Frisian eachdrip (“tear”, literally “eyedrop”), Dutch oogdrup (“tear”, literally “eyedrop”). Compare also German Augentropfen (“eyedrops”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic قَطْرَة عَيْن
- قَطْرَة عَيْن (qaṭrat ʕayn)eye medicine
Chinese Cantonese 眼藥水 /眼药水
- 眼藥水 /眼药水 (ngaan⁵ joek⁶ seoi²)eye medicine
Chinese Mandarin 眼藥水 /眼药水
- 眼藥水 /眼药水 (yǎnyàoshuǐ)eye medicine
Czech oční kapky
- oční kapkyeye medicine
Danish øjendråber
- øjendråbereye medicine
Finnish silmätippa
- silmätippaeye medicine
French gouttes oculaires
- gouttes oculaireseye medicine
German Augentropfen
- Augentropfeneye medicine
Hungarian szemcsepp
- szemcseppeye medicine
Indonesian tetes mata
- tetes mataeye medicine
Italian collirio
- collirioeye medicine
Japanese 目薬
- 目薬 (megusuri)eye medicine
Korean 안약
- 안약 (anyak)eye medicine
Polish krople do oczu
- krople do oczueye medicine
Portuguese colírio
- colírioeye medicine
Spanish colirio
- colirioeye medicine
Tagalog pamasla
- pamaslaeye medicine
Turkish göz damlası
- göz damlasıeye medicine
Cite this entry
eyedrop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyedrop
“eyedrop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyedrop. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eyedrop,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyedrop.
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