Meanings
nounfisheye lens (plural fisheye lenses)
plural fisheye lenses · alternative fish-eye lens
- artsA wide-angle lens having an extremely wide field of view (approaching or exceeding 180 degrees) and producing images that are circular or distorted by curvature at the edges.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna camera lens having a wider than normal angle of view (and usually a short focal length); produces an image that is foreshortened in the center and increasingly distorted in the periphery
Similar
Broader
camera lensoptical lens
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Coined in 1906 by the American physicist Robert W. Wood.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan objectiu ull de peix, ull de peix
- objectiu ull de peixwide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
- ull de peixwide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
Czech objektiv rybí oko, rybí oko
- objektiv rybí okowide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
- rybí okowide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
Danish fiskeøjeobjektiv
- fiskeøjeobjektivwide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
Dutch visoogobjectief, fisheye-objectief
- visoogobjectiefwide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
- fisheye-objectiefwide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
- fisheyewide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
Estonian kalasilm
- kalasilmwide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
Finnish kalansilmäobjektiivi, kalansilmä
- kalansilmäobjektiiviwide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
- kalansilmäwide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
French objectif fisheye, fisheye
- objectif fisheyewide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
- fisheyewide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
- objectif hypergonewide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
German Fischaugenobjektiv, Fischaugen-Objektiv
- Fischaugenobjektivwide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
- Fischaugen-Objektivwide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
- Fischaugewide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
- Fischaugenlinsewide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
Hungarian halszemoptika
- halszemoptikawide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
Italian fisheye, fish-eye
- fisheyewide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
- fish-eyewide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
Japanese 魚眼レンズ
- 魚眼レンズ (gyogan renzu)wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
Norwegian Bokmål fiskeøyeobjektiv, fisheye-objektiv
- fiskeøyeobjektivwide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
- fisheye-objektivwide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
Polish rybie oko
- rybie okowide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
Portuguese objetiva olho-de-peixe, objetiva olho de peixe
- objetiva olho-de-peixewide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
- objetiva olho de peixewide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
Russian ры́бий глаз
- ры́бий глаз (rýbij glaz)wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
Spanish objetivo ojo de pez, ojo de pez
- objetivo ojo de pezwide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
- ojo de pezwide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
Swedish fiskögeobjektiv, fisheye-objektiv
- fiskögeobjektivwide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
- fisheye-objektivwide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
Turkish balıkgözü objektif
- balıkgözü objektifwide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
Cite this entry
APA
fisheye lens. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fisheye%20lens
MLA
“fisheye lens.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fisheye%20lens. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fisheye lens,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fisheye%20lens.
Source: fisheye lens on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.