heypolyglot
Italian

oculare

/o.kuˈla.re/adjectiveC1
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Meaning

ocular, eye

  • relating to the eye or vision
  • witnessed directly by sight (especially in 'testimone oculare')

In a sentence

La polizia cerca un testimone oculare dell'incidente stradale.

The police are looking for an eyewitness to the car accident.

Il medico mi ha consigliato di farmi controllare la pressione oculare.

The doctor advised me to get my eye pressure checked.

Non c'erano testimoni oculari al momento del furto.

There were no eyewitnesses at the time of the theft.

Word forms (4)
WordWord forms
ocularemasculine · singular
ocularefeminine · singular
ocularimasculine · plural
ocularifeminine · plural

Usage notes

  • Invariable for gender; masculine and feminine both end in -e (plural -i).
  • Frequently used in the set phrase 'testimone oculare' (eyewitness).

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