pince-nez

Borrowed from French pince-nez (literally “pinch-nose”).

• IPA^(key): /pænsˈneɪ/, /pæ̃sˈneɪ/

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pince-nez (plural pince-nez)

1. Templeless eyeglasses that clip to the bridge of the nose.

   Synonyms: nose glasses, Oxford glasses

   • 1919, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 15, in A Damsel in Distress:

     Lord Belpher, leaning against the wall and trying to decide whether his right or left foot hurt him the more excruciatingly, became aware that a curate was standing before him, regarding him through a pair of gold-rimmed pince-nez with a disapproving and hostile expression.

   • Furst, Alan 2000 Kingdom of Shadows, p170:

     Shabet took a pince-nez from his breast pocket and settled it on the bridge of his nose.

• pince-nez on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• IPA^(key): /pɛ̃s.ne/

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pince-nez m (plural pince-nez)

1. pince-nez
2. noseclip

• → Catalan: pinçanàs (calque)
• → Russian: пенсне́ n (pensnɛ́)
• → Swedish: pincené c

• “pince-nez”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Unadapted borrowing from French pince-nez.

pince-nez n (plural pince-nez-uri)

1. pince-nez