Ear

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See also -ear

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.2 Noun 1.3 Pronunciation 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.4 Etymology 2 1.5 Noun 1.5.1 Synonyms 1.5.2 Translations 1.6 Etymology 3 1.7 Verb 1.7.1 Translations 2 Frisian 2.1 Noun

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English ere < Old English ēare. Cognates include Greek οῦς, Latin auris, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉 (auso), German Ohr and Russian ухо (úkho).

Noun

Singular ear

Plural ears

Pronunciation

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The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.

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1. • Quotations:

   From the movie The Enforcer.

   If you don’t cooperate, I’ll put it out on the street that you’re an ear.

Translations

organ of hearing

Arabic: أذن (’óðun) f. Basque: belarri Breton: skouarn f., divskouarn pl. Bulgarian: ÑƒÑ Ð¾ (uho) n. Catalan: orella f. Chinese: 耳朵 (ěrduǒ) Czech: ucho Danish: øre Dutch: oor n. Esperanto: orelo Finnish: korva French: oreille f. Frisian: ear German: Ohr n. Guarani: nambi Hawaiian: pepeiao Hebrew: אוזן (ózen) f. Hungarian: fül Icelandic: eyra Indonesian: telinga, kuping Interlingua: aure, auricula

Italian: orecchio m., orecchie pl. Japanese: 耳 (みみ, mimí) Korean: 귀 (gwi) Kurdish: guh Latin: auris f. Latvian: auss f. s., ausis f. pl. Mi'kmaq: nseduwaqan (my ear) Norwegian: øre Old English: ēare Persian: گوش (gush) Pitjantjatjara: pina, anpiṟi Polish: ucho n. Portuguese: orelha f. Powhatan: metawak; netawak (my e.); ketawak (your e.); otawak (his e.) Russian: ÑƒÑ Ð¾ (úkho) n. Slovak: ucho, sluch, klas Slovene: uho n. Spanish: oreja f. Swazi: Ín-dlebé n. Swedish: öra n. Telugu: చెవి Tupinambá: nambi Ukrainian: Ð²ÑƒÑ Ð¾ (vúkho) n.

slang: police informant

Derived terms

• earache
• ear canal
• eardrum
• earlobe
• earmark
• earphone
• earring
• earshot
• earwax
• cauliflower ear
• external ear
• outer ear
• middle ear
• inner ear

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Saxon ēar; compare Dutch aar, German Ähre, Old Norse ax, Gothic ahs. From an Aryan root ak ('pointed'); compare Latin acus ('needle').

Noun

Singular ear

Plural ears

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The fruiting body of a grain plant.

1. He is in the fields, harvesting ears of corn.

Synonyms

• spike

Translations

fruiting body of a grain plant

Dutch: aar m. Finnish: tähkä French: épi m.

German: Ähre f. Italian: spiga f. Russian: початок (počátok) m. Spanish: espiga f.

Etymology 3

Anglo-Saxon erian, West Aryan; compare Old Dutch erien, Old High German erran, Old Norse erja, Gothic arjan, Latin arare (compare arable), Greek άρουν ('plough'), and Irish airim. Cognate with earth.

Verb

Infinitive to ear

Third person singular ears

Simple past eared

Past participle eared

Present participle eared

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   • Quotations:

   1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II

   That power I have, discharge; and let them go

   To ear the land that hath some hope to grow,

   For I have none.

Translations

Arabic: حرث (ħáraθa) Chinese: 耕 (gēng) Dutch: ploegen Finnish: kyntää French: labourer German: pflügen Greek: Î¶ÎµÏ Î³Î±ÏÎ¯Î¶Ï‰ (zevgarízo), αροτριώ (arotrió) Hungarian: szántani Icelandic: plægja

Italian: arare Japanese: 耕す (tagayásu) Korean: 쟁기질하다 (jaenggi-jil-hada) Latin: arare Portuguese: arar Russian: Ð¿Ð°Ñ Ð°Ñ‚ÑŒ / Ð²ÑÐ¿Ð°Ñ Ð°Ñ‚ÑŒ (pakhát’/vspakhát’) Spanish: arar Swedish: ploja

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Frisian

Noun

ear

1. earel:ear

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