Meanings
nouneyelid (plural eyelids)
plural eyelids
- A thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye.
By his neeſings a light doth ſhine, and his eyes are like the eye-liddes of the morning.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 41:18, column 22 more examples
[…] the frightened or insane eyes of an animal, sometimes with eyelids closed in escapeful slumber.
2000, Joshua P. Warren, The Evil in Asheville, page 246Allergan, the company that turned an obscure muscle paralyzer for eyelid spasms, Botox, into a blockbuster wrinkle smoother, hopes to perform cosmetic alchemy yet again.
2009 January 14, Natasha Singer, “Love the Eyelashes. Who Is Your Doctor?”, in The New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
nouneither of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
Broader
protective fold
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*augahlid“eyelid”
- Old English*ēaghlid“eyelid”
- Middle Englisheyelidd
- Englisheyelid
From Middle English eyelidd, eye-led, eiȝelid, eghe-lydd, yȝe-lydd, ehlid, yhelidd, from an unrecorded Old English *ēaghlid (“eyelid”), from Proto-West Germanic *augahlid (“eyelid”), equivalent to eye + lid. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oogenlid (“eyelid”), West Frisian eachlid (“eyelid”), Dutch ooglid (“eyelid”), German Low German Ooglidd (“eyelid”), German Augenlid (“eyelid”). Generally superseded non-native Middle English palpebre (“eyelid”), borrowed from Latin palpebra (“eyelid”) (see Modern English palpebra).
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Afrikaans ooglid
- ooglidanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Ancient Greek βλέφαρον
- βλέφαρον (blépharon)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Arabic جَفْن
- جَفْن (jafn)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Basque betazal
- betazalanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Bengali চোখের পাতা, নেত্রপল্লব
- চোখের পাতা (cōkher pata)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- নেত্রপল্লব (netropollob)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Bulgarian клепка, клепач
- клепка (klepka)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- клепач (klepač)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Catalan parpella
- parpellaanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Chinese Mandarin 眼皮, 瞼 /睑
- 眼皮 (yǎnpí)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- 瞼 /睑 (jiǎn)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- 眼瞼 /眼睑 (yǎnjiǎn)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Czech oční víčko, víčko
- oční víčkoanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- víčkoanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Danish øjelåg, øjenlåg
- øjelåganatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- øjenlåganatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Dutch ooglid
- ooglidanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Esperanto palpebro
- palpebroanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Estonian silmalaug
- silmalauganatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Finnish silmäluomi
- silmäluomianatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
French paupière
- paupièreanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
German Augenlid, Lid
- Augenlidanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- Lidanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Greek βλέφαρο
- βλέφαρο (vléfaro)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Hawaiian ʻūpoʻi maka, kuapoʻimaka
- ʻūpoʻi makaanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- kuapoʻimakaanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- lihilihianatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Hebrew עַפְעַף
- עַפְעַף (af'af)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Hindi पपोटा, पलक
- पपोटा (papoṭā)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- पलक (palak)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Hungarian szemhéj
- szemhéjanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Icelandic augnlok, brá
- augnlokanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- bráanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- hvarmuranatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Indonesian kelopak mata
- kelopak mataanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Irish caipín súile, mogall súile
- caipín súileanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- mogall súileanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- duilleanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Italian palpebra
- palpebraanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Japanese 瞼
- 瞼 (mabuta)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Korean 눈꺼풀
- 눈꺼풀 (nunkkeopul)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Latin palpebra, cilium
- palpebraanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- ciliumanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Latvian plakstiņš
- plakstiņšanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Lithuanian akies vokas
- akies vokasanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Malay kelopak mata
- kelopak mataanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Māori paeraro, paerunga
- paeraroanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- paerungaanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- kimoanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- kimokimoanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- rewhaanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Norwegian Bokmål øyelokk, øyenlokk
- øyelokkanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- øyenlokkanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Persian پلک, پلکه
- پلک (pelk)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- پلکه (poloke)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- پرک (perk)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- بلگ (balg)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- مچه (moče)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Polish powieka
- powiekaanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Portuguese pálpebra
- pálpebraanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Punjabi ਛੱਪਰ, ਪਲਕ
- ਛੱਪਰ (chappar)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- ਪਲਕ (palak)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Romanian pleoapă
- pleoapăanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Russian ве́ко
- ве́ко (véko)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Scottish Gaelic rosg
- rosganatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Slovak očné viečko, viečko
- očné viečkoanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- viečkoanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Spanish párpado, pálpebra
- párpadoanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- pálpebraanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Swahili kope
- kopeanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Swedish ögonlock
- ögonlockanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Tagalog takipmata, takubmata
- takipmataanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- takubmataanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- talukapmataanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Tamil இரப்பை
- இரப்பை (irappai)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Thai เปลือกตา, หนังตา
- เปลือกตา (bplʉ̀ʉak-dtaa)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- หนังตา (nǎng-dtaa)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- กลีบตาanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Turkish göz kapağı, gözkapağı
- göz kapağıanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- gözkapağıanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Ukrainian пові́ка, ві́ко
- пові́ка (povíka)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- ві́ко (víko)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Urdu پپوٹا, پلک
- پپوٹا (papoṭā)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- پلک (palk)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Vietnamese mí mắt, mí
- mí mắtanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- míanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Welsh amrant, caead y llygad
- amrantanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- caead y llygadanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- clawr llygadanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- grananatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- lledaelanatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Yiddish אויגנלעדל, אויגנלעפּל
- אויגנלעדל (oygnledl)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
- אויגנלעפּל (oygnlepl)anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with eyelid
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APA
eyelid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyelid
MLA
“eyelid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyelid. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eyelid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyelid.
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