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Origin
- Middle Englisheiȝesiht
- Englisheyesight
From Middle English eiȝesiht, ieȝesihte, ehsihthe, eihsihthe, eȝhesihthe, equivalent to eye + sight.
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Afrikaans sig
- sigfaculty of sight
Ancient Greek ὄψις, ὅρασις
- ὄψις (ópsis)faculty of sight
- ὅρασις (hórasis)faculty of sight
Arabic بَصَر, نَظَر
- بَصَر (baṣar)faculty of sight
- نَظَر (naẓar)faculty of sight
Basque ikusmen
- ikusmenfaculty of sight
Bulgarian зре́ние
- зре́ние (zrénie)faculty of sight
Catalan vista, visió
- vistafaculty of sight
- visiófaculty of sight
Chinese Mandarin 視力 /视力, 視覺 /视觉
- 視力 /视力 (shìlì)faculty of sight
- 視覺 /视觉 (shìjué)faculty of sight
- 眼力 (yǎnlì)faculty of sight
Czech zrak, vidění
- zrakfaculty of sight
- viděnífaculty of sight
Danish syn
- synfaculty of sight
Dutch zicht, gezichtsvermogen
- zichtfaculty of sight
- gezichtsvermogenfaculty of sight
Esperanto vido
- vidofaculty of sight
Estonian nägemine
- nägeminefaculty of sight
Finnish näkö, näkökyky
- näköfaculty of sight
- näkökykyfaculty of sight
- näköaistifaculty of sight
French vue, vision
- vuefaculty of sight
- visionfaculty of sight
German Sehvermögen, Sehen
- Sehvermögenfaculty of sight
- Sehenfaculty of sight
- Sichtfaculty of sight
- Sehkraftfaculty of sight
- Augenlichtfaculty of sight
Greek όραση
- όραση (órasi)faculty of sight
Hebrew ראייה \ רְאִיָּה
- ראייה \ רְאִיָּה (re'iya)faculty of sight
Hindi दृष्टि, नज़र
- दृष्टि (dŕṣṭi)faculty of sight
- नज़र (nazar)faculty of sight
Hungarian látás
- látásfaculty of sight
Indonesian penglihatan
- penglihatanfaculty of sight
Irish amharc
- amharcfaculty of sight
Italian vista
- vistafaculty of sight
Japanese 視覚, 視力
- 視覚 (shikaku)faculty of sight
- 視力 (shiryoku)faculty of sight
Korean 시력, 시각
- 시력 (siryeok)faculty of sight
- 시각 (sigak)faculty of sight
Latin vīsus, lux
- vīsusfaculty of sight
- luxfaculty of sight
Latvian redze
- redzefaculty of sight
Lithuanian regėjimas, rega
- regėjimasfaculty of sight
- regafaculty of sight
Norwegian Bokmål syn, synssans
- synfaculty of sight
- synssansfaculty of sight
Persian بینش, بینایی
- بینش (bineš)faculty of sight
- بینایی (binâyi)faculty of sight
Polish wzrok, widzenie
- wzrokfaculty of sight
- widzeniefaculty of sight
Portuguese visão, vista
- visãofaculty of sight
- vistafaculty of sight
Romanian vedere, văz
- vederefaculty of sight
- văzfaculty of sight
Russian зре́ние
- зре́ние (zrénije)faculty of sight
Scottish Gaelic fradharc, lèirsinn
- fradharcfaculty of sight
- lèirsinnfaculty of sight
- sealladhfaculty of sight
Slovak zrak
- zrakfaculty of sight
Spanish visión, vista
- visiónfaculty of sight
- vistafaculty of sight
- verfaculty of sight
Swahili taswira
- taswirafaculty of sight
Swedish syn, synförmåga
- synfaculty of sight
- synförmågafaculty of sight
Tamil பார்வை, கண்பார்வை
- பார்வை (pārvai)faculty of sight
- கண்பார்வை (kaṇpārvai)faculty of sight
Thai สายตา
- สายตา (sǎai-dtaa)faculty of sight
Turkish görüş, görme
- görüşfaculty of sight
- görmefaculty of sight
Ukrainian зір
- зір (zir)faculty of sight
Urdu نَظَر
- نَظَر (nazar)faculty of sight
Vietnamese thị lực, sức nhìn
- thị lựcfaculty of sight
- sức nhìnfaculty of sight
- tầm nhìnfaculty of sight
Cite this entry
APA
eyesight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyesight
MLA
“eyesight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyesight. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eyesight,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyesight.
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