Lens

See also: lens, lēns, and Lëns

Translingual

Lens culinaris

Etymology

Latin lens (“a lentil bean”)

Proper noun

Lens f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – lentils.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Fabales – order; Fabaceae – family; Faboideae - subfamily; Fabeae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Lens lamottei - type species; Lens culinaris, Lens ervoides, Lens nigricans - other species

Further reading

• Lens (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lens on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Lens culinaris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Lens at Plants of the World Online
• Lens at Tropicos
• Lens at Germplasm Resources Information Network

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Lens (countable and uncountable, plural Lens or Lenses)

1. A municipality in Hainaut, Belgium.
2. A commune in Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France.
   • 2026 October 5, Ben Hatton, “Teenager's hand blown off during confrontation between France school protesters and police”, in BBC News‎^[1], retrieved 5 October 2026:

     The "very serious incident" happened in the north-eastern city of Lens on Monday morning, according to the prefect of Pas-de-Calais, François-Xavier Lauch.

3. A municipality in Valais canton, Switzerland.
4. A Dutch surname.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Lens

1. plural of Len

Anagrams

• NLEs

Dutch

Proper noun

Lens

1. a surname

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑ̃s/

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Proper noun

Lens m

1. a city in, and the capital of, the French department Pas-de-Calais

Derived terms

• lensois
• Lensois

Anagrams

• SNLE