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ear en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • [ˈɪː] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Canada) audio
  • /ˈiɹ/ (Scotland)
  • [iɹ] (Scotland)
  • [ˈɪː] (Australia)
  • /ˈiə̯/ (New-Zealand)
  • [ˈiɚ] ~ [iɹ̩] (Canadian, General-American, Standard)
  • /ˈɪɚ/ (Canadian, General-American, Standard)
  • [iːə̯] (New-Zealand)
  • audio
  • [ɪə̯~e̝ə̯] (New-Zealand)
  • /ˈɪə̯/ (Australia)
  • [ˈiːə] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ɪə̯~ɪɐ̯] (Australia)
  • /ˈɪə̯/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈiɚ/ (Canadian, General-American, Standard)
  • /ˈɛː/ East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
  • [ˈɪɚ] ~ [ɪɹ̩] (Canadian, General-American, Standard)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Germanic *ausô Proto-West Germanic *auʀā Old English ēare Middle English ere English ear From Middle English eare, eere, ere, eyr, ire, yere, ȝhere, from Old English ēare (“ear”), from Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô (“ear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws (“ear”), from *h₂ew- (“to perceive”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian uaar, uar, uur (“ear”), Saterland Frisian Oor (“ear”), West Frisian ear (“ear”), Alemannic German Oor (“ear”), Central Franconian Uhr (“ear”), Dutch oor (“ear”), German Ohr (“ear”), Low German Ohr, Oor, Or, our, Ur (“ear”), Luxembourgish Ouer (“ear”), Vilamovian ür (“ear”), Yiddish אויער (oyer, “ear”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål øre (“ear”), Elfdalian ära (“ear”), Faroese oyra (“ear”), Icelandic eyra (“ear”), Jamtish ǿre (“ear”), Norwegian Nynorsk øra, øre, øyra, øyre (“ear”), Swedish öra (“ear”), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉 (ausō, “ear”); also Old Irish áu, ó (“ear”), Latin auris, ōris (“ear”), Greek αφτί (aftí), αυτί (aftí, “ear”), Albanian vesh (“ear; handle”), Latvian auss (“ear”), Lithuanian ausis (“ear”), Belarusian ву́ха (vúxa, “ear”), Bulgarian ухо́ (uhó, “ear”), Czech, Polish, Silesian, and Slovak ucho (“ear”), Kashubian ùchò (“ear”), Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian wucho (“ear”), Macedonian уво (uvo, “ear”), Polabian vaux’ü (“ear”), Russian у́хо (úxo, “ear”), Serbo-Croatian у̏во, у̏хо, ȕho, ȕvo (“ear”), Slovene uho (“ear”), Slovincian wùchô (“ear”), Ukrainian ву́хо (vúxo, “ear”), Armenian ունկ (unk, “ear”), Persian هوش (hōš / huš, “intellect; intelligence; understanding”), Sanskrit उषस् (uṣas, “outer passage of the ear”).

Meanings

  1. (countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
  2. (countable) The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.
    • Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
  3. (countable, slang) A police informant.
    • No I'm not kidding, and if you don't give it to me I'll let it out that you’re an ear. 1976, Stirling Silliphant, Dean Riesner, Gail Morgan Hickman, The Enforcer:
  4. The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; skill or good taste in listening to music.
    • a good ear for music
    • songs[…]not all ungrateful to thine ear 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “(please specify |part=Prologue or Epilogue, or |canto=I to CXXIX)”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
  5. The privilege of being kindly heard; favour; attention.
    • Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
    • They don’t know if they’re going to have a job in a week or a month. They don’t know if they can pay the rising prices. Instead of the paradise they expected July 1, their total existence is unsure. That some foreigners get beaten—nobody has an ear for that now. 1990 August 19, Uwe Stelbrink, quotee, “Fear and uncertainty breed xenophobia in E. Germany”, in Democrat and Chronicle, volume 158, Rochester, N.Y., page 5A:
    • Dionysius[…]would give no ear to his suit. 1625, Francis [Bacon], Apophthegmes New and Old. […], London: […] Hanna Barret, and Richard Whittaker, […], →OCLC:
  6. That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; a prominence or projection on an object, usually for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; a foot-rest or step of a spade or a similar digging tool.
    • the ears of a tub, skillet, or dish; The ears of a boat are outside kneepieces near the bow.
    • When they got as far as the little valley north of Oppenhagen - where the land-slip took place - he thought he sat between the ears of a bucket; but shortly this vanished also, and it was only then he really came to himself again. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 291:
  7. An acroterium.
  8. A crossette.
  9. A space to the left or right of a publication's front-page title, used for advertising, weather, etc.
    • In journalism, ears flank the title as boxes in the left and right top corners of a publication (generally a newspaper). 2006, Richard Weiner, Charles M. Levine, The Skinny about Best Boys, Dollies, Green Rooms, Leads, and Other Media Lingo, page 26:
  10. A curled ridge in the crust of a loaf of bread where the dough was slashed before going into the oven and expands during baking.
  11. The outer panels or flaps (protrusions) of a diaper upon which the fasteners are located, which are fastened around the wearer's waist.
  12. A path whose endpoints may coincide but in which otherwise there are no repetitions of vertices or edges.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ears Number=Plur lexicographic
ere alternative lexicographic
eare alternative, archaic lexicographic

Coordinates

boss · eye

Deriveds

ear bone · grin from ear to ear · hare's ear · cat's ear · earplug · elephant's ear · ear gauge · ear-minded · ear-piercingly · between the ears · ear speaker · internal ear · earspoon · ear rocks · earbone · green ear disease · helicopter ear · walls have ears · eared · earcon · earpiece · ear candy · earbob · ear tuft · give ear · smile from ear to ear · ear jacket · monkey-ear tree · ear cockle · wooden ear · have one's ears on · close-ear · earless · external ear · Midas's ear · earcap · earcockle · cloud ear · earmould · ear hustle · pour honey into one's ear · earworthy · little pitchers have big ears · ear worm · open-ear · talk out of one's ear · earsplitting · tree ear · you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear · Wildermuth's ear · ear tag · longear · earspool · behind the ear · ear shell · make a silk purse of a sow's ear · violetear · closed-ear · earflare · wood ear · rabbit-ear iris · earnut · earlet · ear coning · knife ear · earbud · jelly ear · ear-finger · ear-splittingly · mouse-ear · ear candling · roasting ear · offensive to pious ears · ear bob · mouse-ear hawkweed · earage · swimmer's ear · go in one ear and out the other · ear training · ear-tagged · music to someone's ears · elephant ear · round-ear · ear prick · pour honey in one's ear · blue-ear disease · sea-ear · ear fatigue · earwork · glue ear · earbash · pig's ear · ear drum · middle ear · earwear · ear toilet · ear-splitting · ear-shattering · button ear · Dumbo ear · eardropper · earbanger · earsies · blue-ear pig disease · turn a deaf ear · ear trumpet · bend someone's ear · bunny ear cactus · have a word in someone's ear · scalp-ear-nipple syndrome · ear rape · cauliflower ear · ear to the ground · dog-ear · earflap · bat ear · blow it out one's ear · earcup · earpod · earmark · surfer's ear · earphone · burnt ear · hearing-ear dog · ear-tag · earmuff · by ear · ear level · wood-ear · Jew's-ear · have the wolf by the ear · outer ear · blue ear disease · earsore · ear-bud · rabbit ear · make a pig's ear of · earreach · golden ear · knife-ear · have one's ears lowered · have someone's ear · crop-ear · get out of someone's ear · go in at one ear and at out the other · eardrop · ear-achingly · ear-shell · earlobe · earlock · earpad · in the ear · ear plucking · flea in one's ear · ear-rape · ass's-ear abalone · earache · bear's ear · earpick · earring · Wildermuth ear · listen with half an ear · earlike · rabbit ear mite · eargasm · in-ear · ear player · bionic ear · earball · cute as a bug's ear · inner ear · ear lobe · earshrift · English terms starting with · earshot · ear candle · lion's ear · thick ear · earstone · talk someone's ear off · earhole · earmold · Jew's ear · earworm · play by ear · dog ear · bend somebody's ear · up on one's ear · white-ear · ear dagger · ear drops · ear wax · ear-reach · ear drop · devil's ear · bangle ear · tin ear · earlap · ear range · cuff on the ear · ear chair · rose ear · in-ear monitor · musical ear syndrome · ear-spoon · lend an ear · earhorn · ear bud · dog's-ear · mule's ear · hart's ear · wheatear · earbasher · ear spoon · earloop · have Van Gogh's ear for music · ear-piercing · ear-trumpet · sea ear · earwitness · ear defender · out on one's ear · put a bug in someone's ear · mind's ear · ear beer · ear-worm · elephant ear tree · earful · earwax · earprint · tickle the ear · earset · earlid · earware · eardrum · ear canal · ear-wax · ear finger · Judas-ear · ear tunnel · red ear syndrome · ear-wormy · ear hair · ear-player · hookeared · earal · earclip · ears are burning · elephant-ear tree · eargasmic

Descendants

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Holonyms

face · countenance · body · head

Hypernyms

organ · body part

Hyponyms

jug ears · cauliflower ear

Meronyms

pinna · incus · auditory canal · outer ear · eardrum · malleus · auricle · stapes · auricula · cochlea

Synonyms

King Lear · lug · shell-like · listener · earball · ear

Translations (609)

ru слух (musical ability) · tab иб (organ of hearing) · rel dogo (organ of hearing) · tpn nambi (organ of hearing) · fo oyra (organ of hearing) · bug toli (organ of hearing) · juc šaa (organ of hearing) · epi ịsọ́ọ̄ (organ of hearing) · as কাণ (organ of hearing) · bm kulo (organ of hearing) · kgp nĩgrẽg (organ of hearing) · inh лерг (organ of hearing) · chn q'wəlan (organ of hearing) · btn talinga (organ of hearing) · es oído (organ of hearing) · bdr telingo (organ of hearing) · sq vesh (organ of hearing) · gmh ōre (organ of hearing) · yo etí (organ of hearing) · ota اذن (that which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal) · tl tainga (organ of hearing) · udi имух (organ of hearing) · woe talinga (organ of hearing) · xto klots (organ of hearing) · sc orija (organ of hearing) · roa-brg oroille (organ of hearing) · eu belarri (organ of hearing) · syl ꠇꠣꠘ (organ of hearing) · rm ureglia (organ of hearing) · zdj shishio (organ of hearing) · gl orella (organ of hearing) · aio ꩭူ (organ of hearing) · deg ụ́sọ̄ụ́ (organ of hearing) · vec récia (organ of hearing) · cu ⱆⱈⱁ (organ of hearing) · sne kojit (organ of hearing) · yrk-tun ха (organ of hearing) · an uído (organ of hearing) · nn øyre (organ of hearing) · co aricchj (organ of hearing) · tpi yau (organ of hearing) · izh korva (organ of hearing) · ur کان (organ of hearing) · kea oredja (organ of hearing) · te చెవి (organ of hearing) · pov oredja (organ of hearing) · rw ugutwi (organ of hearing) · hy ականջ (organ of hearing) · crh qulaq (organ of hearing) · scn auricchia (organ of hearing) · kaa qulaq (organ of hearing) · co arechja (organ of hearing) · ady тхьакӏум (organ of hearing) · mn ᠴᠢᠬᠢ (organ of hearing) · ty tari’a (organ of hearing) · it orecchio (organ of hearing) · ibg talinga (organ of hearing) · ro informator (slang: police informant) · gmh ōr (organ of hearing) · mmn talinga (organ of hearing) · nl oor (organ of hearing) · ee(organ of hearing) · ssy ayti (organ of hearing) · he אֹזֶן (organ of hearing) · niu teliga (organ of hearing) · krl korvu (organ of hearing) · shn ႁူ (organ of hearing) · fr oreille (organ of hearing) · ta காது (organ of hearing) · rgn urècia (organ of hearing) · lt ausis (organ of hearing) · nds-de Ohr (organ of hearing) · pam balugbug (organ of hearing) · roa-tar rècchie (organ of hearing) · ceb dunggan (organ of hearing) · frp orelye (organ of hearing) · ms kuping (organ of hearing) · ajp دان (organ of hearing) · fr indic (slang: police informant) · ab алымҳа (organ of hearing) · ije ɓeri (organ of hearing) · ml കർണ്ണം (organ of hearing) · sce chighin (organ of hearing) · ta செவி (organ of hearing) · ar أُذْن (organ of hearing) · nan-hbl 耳空 (organ of hearing) · eee l̥o¹ (organ of hearing) · pnt ωτίν (organ of hearing) · btw talinga (organ of hearing) · el αυτί (musical ability) · uga 𐎜𐎄𐎐 (organ of hearing) · wym ür (organ of hearing) · leh kutwi class 15 (organ of hearing) · bya talinga (organ of hearing) · hao talinga (organ of hearing) · kk құлақ (organ of hearing) · os хъус (organ of hearing) · my နား (organ of hearing) · acw إذن (organ of hearing) · frr uar (organ of hearing) · pjt anpiṟi (organ of hearing) · ru у́хо (organ of hearing) · ht zòrèy (organ of hearing) · kn ಕಿವಿ (organ of hearing) · stq Oor (organ of hearing) · quc xikin (organ of hearing) · ceb dalunggan (organ of hearing) · ota گوش (organ of hearing) · tzo chikinil (organ of hearing) · mkz wali (organ of hearing) · lzz ყუჯი (organ of hearing) · sib ingen (organ of hearing) · pms orija (organ of hearing) · tsg tainga (organ of hearing) · ckb گوێ (organ of hearing) · oj nitawag (organ of hearing) · ota قولاق (organ of hearing) · wuu 耳朵 (organ of hearing) · sva შდიმ (organ of hearing) · sc oricra (organ of hearing) · br skouarn (organ of hearing) · xsr नम्जोक (organ of hearing) · ext oyíu (organ of hearing) · ttt quş (organ of hearing) · fr oreille (curled ridge on bread crust) · tr kulak (organ of hearing) · mhr пылыш (organ of hearing) · kw skovarn (organ of hearing) · apc دانة (organ of hearing) · mt widna (organ of hearing) · ani гьантӏикӏа (organ of hearing) · el αυτί (organ of hearing) · grc ὠτίον (organ of hearing) · su cepil (organ of hearing) · cv хӑлха (organ of hearing) · sc uricra (organ of hearing) · mfe zorey (organ of hearing) · okd ɓeri (organ of hearing) · ru доно́счица (slang: police informant) · fa-cls گوش (organ of hearing) · dlm oracla (organ of hearing) · iba pending (organ of hearing) · sh ȕvo (organ of hearing) · yi אויער (organ of hearing) · orv ухо (organ of hearing) · ml ചെവി (organ of hearing) · ban kuping (organ of hearing) · gd cluas (organ of hearing) · xal чикн (organ of hearing) · it delatore (slang: police informant) · yua xikin (organ of hearing) · ig ntị (organ of hearing) · kea obidu (organ of hearing) · rif ameẓẓuɣ (organ of hearing) · eve корит (organ of hearing) · kok कानु (organ of hearing) · bg доно́сница (slang: police informant) · piv talinga (organ of hearing) · arc ܐܕܢܐ (organ of hearing) · gmw-cfr Uhr (organ of hearing) · ky кулак (organ of hearing) · srn yesi (organ of hearing) · av гӏин (organ of hearing) · tay papak (organ of hearing) · yue(organ of hearing) · lud korv (organ of hearing) · tzm ⴰⵎⵥⵥⵓⵖ (organ of hearing) · cjy 耳朵 (organ of hearing) · gag kulak (organ of hearing) · xh indlebe (organ of hearing) · pim meihtawk (organ of hearing) · hif kaan (organ of hearing) · et kõrv (organ of hearing) · nyu khutu class 5 (organ of hearing) · ain キサㇻ (organ of hearing) · afb أذون (organ of hearing) · ki gũtũ (organ of hearing) · tg гӯш (organ of hearing) · mnc ᡧᠠᠨ (organ of hearing) · li oer (organ of hearing) · lbe вичӏи (organ of hearing) · tvl taliga (organ of hearing) · grc ἀφτίον (organ of hearing) · fur orele (organ of hearing) · ln litói (organ of hearing) · ofs āre (organ of hearing) · fi korva (favour of being heard) · si කන (organ of hearing) · fi vasikka (slang: police informant) · krc къулакъ (organ of hearing) · mi taringa (organ of hearing) · txb klautso (organ of hearing) · ny khutú (organ of hearing) · aau nweyk (organ of hearing) · it orecchie (organ of hearing) · vot kõrvõ (organ of hearing) · af oor (organ of hearing) · is eyra (organ of hearing) · csb ùchò (organ of hearing) · sw sikio (organ of hearing) · nv ajaaʼ (organ of hearing) · sco ear (organ of hearing) · kuz ckaickai (organ of hearing) · uz quloq (organ of hearing) · bni litoi (organ of hearing) · nle okhuchwi class 15 (organ of hearing) · nb øre (organ of hearing) · fy ynformant (slang: police informant) · tuw-sol ше̄н (organ of hearing) · msk taringa (organ of hearing) · bjn talinga (organ of hearing) · kld bina (organ of hearing) · tn tsebe (organ of hearing) · lad oído (organ of hearing) · sgd talinga (organ of hearing) · amn angug (organ of hearing) · sc oricla (organ of hearing) · ik siun (organ of hearing) · afn ɓasi (organ of hearing) · sco luggie (organ of hearing) · sco lug (organ of hearing) · yag ufkiS (organ of hearing) · yrk-tun коу (organ of hearing) · grc οὖς (organ of hearing) · lij oeggia (organ of hearing) · ce лерг (organ of hearing) · bo ཨ་མཆོག (organ of hearing) · vi tai (organ of hearing) · sga clúas (organ of hearing) · lo ຫູ (organ of hearing) · pcc riez (organ of hearing) · gu કાન (organ of hearing) · bo རྣ (organ of hearing) · ug قۇلاق (organ of hearing) · tt колак (organ of hearing) · sc origa (organ of hearing) · ckb گوێچک (organ of hearing) · qu ninri (organ of hearing) · nap recchia (organ of hearing) · vro kõrv (organ of hearing) · ota اذن (organ of hearing) · oc aurelha (organ of hearing) · vec orécia (organ of hearing) · ssy cokka (organ of hearing) · ksw နၢ် (organ of hearing) · tih talingo (organ of hearing) · gez እዝን (organ of hearing) · iu siun (organ of hearing) · akz istimilhaalo (organ of hearing) · cdm नो (organ of hearing) · bg доно́сник (slang: police informant) · zza gus (organ of hearing) · ang ēare (organ of hearing) · fr balance (slang: police informant) · pap orea (organ of hearing) · ttt гуш (organ of hearing) · be ву́ха (organ of hearing) · agm atihɨri (organ of hearing) · aer arlpe (organ of hearing) · so dheg (organ of hearing) · la auris (organ of hearing) · ay jinchu (organ of hearing) · zku yuri (organ of hearing) · abq лымхӏа (organ of hearing) · jje(organ of hearing) · fa-ira گوش (organ of hearing) · lez йаб (organ of hearing) · jv kuping (organ of hearing) · sms peʹllj (organ of hearing) · mg sofina (organ of hearing) · sge gubal (organ of hearing) · ak aso (organ of hearing) · agv talinga (organ of hearing) · non eyra (organ of hearing) · lut q'ʷəladiʔ (organ of hearing) · es oreja (organ of hearing) · wyi wirring (organ of hearing) · pa کَنّ (organ of hearing) · gfk talinga (organ of hearing) · mak toli (organ of hearing) · lkt núŋǧe (organ of hearing) · de Ausbund (curled ridge on bread crust) · tpi ia (organ of hearing) · ro ciripitor (slang: police informant) · ryu(organ of hearing) · bn কর্ণ (organ of hearing) · iby biri (organ of hearing) · bho कान (organ of hearing) · eo informisto (slang: police informant) · klr ङेचो (organ of hearing) · scn ricchi (organ of hearing) · tum khutu (organ of hearing) · bxd na³¹ (organ of hearing) · rue у́хо (organ of hearing) · bn কান (organ of hearing) · de Informant (slang: police informant) · sc olicra (organ of hearing) · koi пель (organ of hearing) · nn øyra (organ of hearing) · it orecchia (organ of hearing) · de Spitzel (slang: police informant) · sl uho (organ of hearing) · mas enkiook (organ of hearing) · pim metawak (organ of hearing) · aot nakhal (organ of hearing) · ca orella (musical ability) · qu rinri (organ of hearing) · cdo 耳囝 (organ of hearing) · kl siut (organ of hearing) · ha kunne (organ of hearing) · abx talinga (organ of hearing) · hak 耳公 (organ of hearing) · am ጆሮ (organ of hearing) · co orechja (organ of hearing) · min talingo (organ of hearing) · oac се (organ of hearing) · bo སྙན (organ of hearing) · ae 𐬔𐬀𐬊𐬴𐬀 (organ of hearing) · nah nacaztli (organ of hearing) · bdk ибир (organ of hearing) · hi कान (organ of hearing) · an oyiu (organ of hearing) · tr kulak (musical ability) · rol talinga (organ of hearing) · cmg ᠴᠢᠬᠢᠨ (organ of hearing) · ktb maccata (organ of hearing) · mba tangila (organ of hearing) · mww pob ntseg (organ of hearing) · dng эрдуә (organ of hearing) · lkt nuŋġé (organ of hearing) · ca orella (that which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal) · sh у̏во (organ of hearing) · lez яб (organ of hearing) · sc oricia (organ of hearing) · cs ucho (organ of hearing) · scn aricchia (organ of hearing) · ar أُذُن (organ of hearing) · afb اذن (organ of hearing) · nan-hbl 耳仔 (organ of hearing) · ia aure (organ of hearing) · pl ucho (organ of hearing) · rom kan (organ of hearing) · rcf zorèy (organ of hearing) · sc olicra (organ of hearing) · ado kur (organ of hearing) · ca orella (organ of hearing) · nci nacaztli (organ of hearing) · duo talinga (organ of hearing) · scn aricchiu (organ of hearing) · id telinga (organ of hearing) · iu ᓯᐅᑦ (organ of hearing) · goh ōra (organ of hearing) · dng эргуазы (organ of hearing) · kum къулакъ (organ of hearing) · xcl ականջք (organ of hearing) · arn alcüpeyün (organ of hearing) · sc ulicra (organ of hearing) · sa श्रवण (organ of hearing) · myv пиле (organ of hearing) · kbd тхьэкӏумэ (organ of hearing) · kpv пель (organ of hearing) · mrw tangila (organ of hearing) · krj talinga (organ of hearing) · kmr guh (organ of hearing) · lmy katillu (organ of hearing) · ru доно́счик (slang: police informant) · wmb manka (organ of hearing) · pt ouvido (organ of hearing) · nrf oreille (organ of hearing) · neg sēn (organ of hearing) · fi korva (musical ability) · sa कर्ण (organ of hearing) · ulc се̄ (organ of hearing) · new न्हाय्पं (organ of hearing) · bbl ლარკ (organ of hearing) · yue 耳仔 (organ of hearing) · kjh хулах (organ of hearing) · imn agu (organ of hearing) · ro ureche (organ of hearing) · tao talinga (organ of hearing) · sv öra (organ of hearing) · nay plombi (organ of hearing) · egy ms-s-Dr:r-sDm (organ of hearing) · chy mâhtovoo'ôtse (organ of hearing) · it spione (slang: police informant) · yxg binung (organ of hearing) · evn се̄н (organ of hearing) · zza ghos (organ of hearing) · th หู (organ of hearing) · aii ܢܵܬܵܐ (organ of hearing) · pox klås (organ of hearing) · akk 𒉿 (organ of hearing) · ti እዝኒ (organ of hearing) · ruo uręklja (organ of hearing) · ja(organ of hearing) · zea ôre (organ of hearing) · enm ere (organ of hearing) · pl szpicel (slang: police informant) · he אוזן (organ of hearing) · sh ȕho (organ of hearing) · udm пель (organ of hearing) · prg āuss (organ of hearing) · lb Ouer (organ of hearing) · ba ҡолаҡ (organ of hearing) · co arecchji (organ of hearing) · fi korva (that which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal) · xag 𐔽𐔼 (organ of hearing) · ood na꞉k (organ of hearing) · zza goş (diq) (organ of hearing) · ps غوږ (organ of hearing) · cmn 耳朵 (organ of hearing) · rm uraglia (organ of hearing) · or କାନ (organ of hearing) · ceb talinga (organ of hearing) · sa श्रुति (organ of hearing) · rup ureaclje (organ of hearing) · za rwz (organ of hearing) · num talinga (organ of hearing) · pa ਕੰਨ (organ of hearing) · kg kútu (organ of hearing) · ill tangila (organ of hearing) · fi korva (organ of hearing) · nds-de Ur (organ of hearing) · shu أدان (organ of hearing) · arc אדנא (organ of hearing) · rsk ухо (organ of hearing) · bej angwííl (organ of hearing) · sw sikio (slang: police informant) · bm tulo (organ of hearing) · mel linga (organ of hearing) · lmo oreggia (organ of hearing) · nrf ouothelle (organ of hearing) · tyv кулак (organ of hearing) · mpi shimu (organ of hearing) · pdt Ua (organ of hearing) · cmn(organ of hearing) · xlu 𒌈𒈠𒀀𒀭 (organ of hearing) · mvv rinongou (organ of hearing) · az qulaq (organ of hearing) · uk ву́хо (organ of hearing) · agj እዝን (organ of hearing) · cdo(organ of hearing) · ruq ureacľă (organ of hearing) · fos tangira (organ of hearing) · khb ᦠᦴ (organ of hearing) · pdt Oa (organ of hearing) · km ត្រចៀក (organ of hearing) · io orelo (organ of hearing) · tet tilun (organ of hearing) · niv нос (organ of hearing) · hsb wucho (organ of hearing) · rup ureaclji (organ of hearing) · ast oyíu (organ of hearing) · bo སྙན་མཆོག (organ of hearing) · ch talanga (organ of hearing) · hrx Oher (organ of hearing) · it informatore (slang: police informant) · ss Ín-dlebé (organ of hearing) · mr कान (organ of hearing) · lld orëdla (organ of hearing) · orh ʃɛ꞉n (organ of hearing) · win nąącawa (organ of hearing) · id kuping (organ of hearing) · duu vna (organ of hearing) · lmw ʔálok (organ of hearing) · mk доушник (slang: police informant) · gan 耳朵 (organ of hearing) · ulc се̄н (organ of hearing) · sn nzeve (organ of hearing) · ddg vali (organ of hearing) · ktu dikutu (organ of hearing) · txg 𗐴 (organ of hearing) · ne कान (organ of hearing) · lol litoi (organ of hearing) · pjt pina (organ of hearing) · str ₭ELEN¸ (organ of hearing) · enn ẹ́sọụ (organ of hearing) · sc ulicra (organ of hearing) · yur chpegar' (organ of hearing) · bi ia (organ of hearing) · leb ukutwi class 15 (organ of hearing) · zu indlebe (organ of hearing) · cy clust (organ of hearing) · xcl ունկն (organ of hearing) · pkp talinga (organ of hearing) · bua шэхэн (organ of hearing) · ko(organ of hearing) · rhg han (organ of hearing) · ast oreya (organ of hearing) · it canarino (slang: police informant) · mwv talinga (organ of hearing) · om gurra (organ of hearing) · aii ܐܸܕܢܵܐ (organ of hearing) · mwe likutu class 5 (organ of hearing) · smn peelji (organ of hearing) · sm taliga (organ of hearing) · to telinga (organ of hearing) · fur vorele (organ of hearing) · naq ǂgaes (organ of hearing) · dar лихӏи (organ of hearing)

wikidata: Q7362

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Pronunciation

  • [ˈɪː] (Received-Pronunciation)
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  • /ˈiɹ/ (Scotland)
  • [iɹ] (Scotland)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Germanic *ausô Proto-West Germanic *auʀā Old English ēare Middle English ere English ear From Middle English eare, eere, ere, eyr, ire, yere, ȝhere, from Old English ēare (“ear”), from Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô (“ear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws (“ear”), from *h₂ew- (“to perceive”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian uaar, uar, uur (“ear”), Saterland Frisian Oor (“ear”), West Frisian ear (“ear”), Alemannic German Oor (“ear”), Central Franconian Uhr (“ear”), Dutch oor (“ear”), German Ohr (“ear”), Low German Ohr, Oor, Or, our, Ur (“ear”), Luxembourgish Ouer (“ear”), Vilamovian ür (“ear”), Yiddish אויער (oyer, “ear”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål øre (“ear”), Elfdalian ära (“ear”), Faroese oyra (“ear”), Icelandic eyra (“ear”), Jamtish ǿre (“ear”), Norwegian Nynorsk øra, øre, øyra, øyre (“ear”), Swedish öra (“ear”), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉 (ausō, “ear”); also Old Irish áu, ó (“ear”), Latin auris, ōris (“ear”), Greek αφτί (aftí), αυτί (aftí, “ear”), Albanian vesh (“ear; handle”), Latvian auss (“ear”), Lithuanian ausis (“ear”), Belarusian ву́ха (vúxa, “ear”), Bulgarian ухо́ (uhó, “ear”), Czech, Polish, Silesian, and Slovak ucho (“ear”), Kashubian ùchò (“ear”), Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian wucho (“ear”), Macedonian уво (uvo, “ear”), Polabian vaux’ü (“ear”), Russian у́хо (úxo, “ear”), Serbo-Croatian у̏во, у̏хо, ȕho, ȕvo (“ear”), Slovene uho (“ear”), Slovincian wùchô (“ear”), Ukrainian ву́хо (vúxo, “ear”), Armenian ունկ (unk, “ear”), Persian هوش (hōš / huš, “intellect; intelligence; understanding”), Sanskrit उषस् (uṣas, “outer passage of the ear”).

Meanings

  1. (humorous, transitive) To take in with the ears; to hear.
    • I eared her language. 1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher, William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson; […], published 1634, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
  2. (transitive) To hold by the ears.
    • The general technique was to rope the horse around the neck, and, while one or two men eared the horse down (held him by the ears), the rider saddled the animal and stepped above him. 2013, Fay E. Ward, The Cowboy at Work:
    • Sometimes, the helper eared the horse down; and sometimes he used a blindfold. 1964, John Hendrix, If I Can Do It Horseback: A Cow-Country Sketchbook, page 40:

Forms

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eare alternative, archaic lexicographic
ears Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
eared Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
eared Tense=Past lexicographic
earing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

aural

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ear en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱos Proto-Germanic *ahaz Proto-West Germanic *ahaʀ Old English ēar Middle English er English ear From Middle English er, ere, from Old English ēar (Northumbrian dialect æhher), from Proto-West Germanic *ahaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *ahaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). Cognate with Dutch aar, German Ähre, and West Frisian ier; also Latin acus (“needle; husk”), Tocharian B āk (“ear, awn”), and Old Church Slavonic ость (ostĭ, “wheat spike, sharp point”). More at edge.

Meanings

  1. (countable) The fruiting body of a grain plant.
    • He is in the fields, harvesting ears of corn.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ears Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

earshoot · corn earworm

Holonyms

face · countenance · body · head

Hypernyms

organ · body part

Hyponyms

jug ears · cauliflower ear

Meronyms

pinna · incus · auditory canal · outer ear · eardrum · malleus · stapes · auricle · cochlea

Synonyms

King Lear · lug · spike · head · shell-like · listener · earball · ear

Translations (121)

hu kukoricacső (fruiting body of a grain plant) · sq macurr (fruiting body of a grain plant) · scn spica (fruiting body of a grain plant) · zea eêre (fruiting body of a grain plant) · la spīca (fruiting body of a grain plant) · wa påte (fruiting body of a grain plant) · rys(fruiting body of a grain plant) · de Chornähre (fruiting body of a grain plant) · sl klas (fruiting body of a grain plant) · sh клас (fruiting body of a grain plant) · sw suke (fruiting body of a grain plant) · sc ipiga (fruiting body of a grain plant) · ja(fruiting body of a grain plant) · sv ax (fruiting body of a grain plant) · sq bokël (fruiting body of a grain plant) · sc ispica (fruiting body of a grain plant) · it amento (fruiting body of a grain plant) · hu kalász (fruiting body of a grain plant) · ota باشاق (fruiting body of a grain plant) · ryu(fruiting body of a grain plant) · hu gabonakalász (fruiting body of a grain plant) · jje 고고리 (fruiting body of a grain plant) · sq kacarrum (fruiting body of a grain plant) · sc spiga (fruiting body of a grain plant) · rup schic (fruiting body of a grain plant) · rm speia (fruiting body of a grain plant) · lv vārpa (fruiting body of a grain plant) · dlm spaica (fruiting body of a grain plant) · cu класъ (fruiting body of a grain plant) · eo spiko (fruiting body of a grain plant) · az baş (fruiting body of a grain plant) · tl puso (fruiting body of a grain plant) · it pannocchia (fruiting body of a grain plant) · ca espiga (fruiting body of a grain plant) · prn púsuk (fruiting body of a grain plant) · mk клас (fruiting body of a grain plant) · eu buru (fruiting body of a grain plant) · is ax (fruiting body of a grain plant) · sq koçan (fruiting body of a grain plant) · sq brolle (fruiting body of a grain plant) · grc στάχυς (fruiting body of a grain plant) · sq tallë (fruiting body of a grain plant) · et viljapea (fruiting body of a grain plant) · la arista (fruiting body of a grain plant) · fi tähkä (fruiting body of a grain plant) · es espiga (fruiting body of a grain plant) · da aks (fruiting body of a grain plant) · bg клас (fruiting body of a grain plant) · hy հասկ (fruiting body of a grain plant) · fa سنبله (fruiting body of a grain plant) · mvi(fruiting body of a grain plant) · lt varpa (fruiting body of a grain plant) · nl aar (fruiting body of a grain plant) · pdt Oa (fruiting body of a grain plant) · ht zepi (fruiting body of a grain plant) · el στάχυ (fruiting body of a grain plant) · bxd nɛ̠̃⁵⁵ (fruiting body of a grain plant) · ba башаҡ (fruiting body of a grain plant) · lt (of maize) burbuolė (fruiting body of a grain plant) · got 𐌰𐌷𐍃 (fruiting body of a grain plant) · fur spi (fruiting body of a grain plant) · fr épi (fruiting body of a grain plant) · cs klas (fruiting body of a grain plant) · ru ко́лос (fruiting body of a grain plant) · sq boçë (fruiting body of a grain plant) · alt мажак (fruiting body of a grain plant) · hu cső (fruiting body of a grain plant) · uk ко́лос (fruiting body of a grain plant) · zea aer (fruiting body of a grain plant) · os ӕфсир (fruiting body of a grain plant) · sc ispiga (fruiting body of a grain plant) · de Chornäli (fruiting body of a grain plant) · ru поча́ток (fruiting body of a grain plant) · yua nal (fruiting body of a grain plant) · uga 𐎌𐎁𐎍𐎚 (fruiting body of a grain plant) · de Ähre (fruiting body of a grain plant) · ro spic (fruiting body of a grain plant) · io spiko (fruiting body of a grain plant) · az sünbül (fruiting body of a grain plant) · zea aere (fruiting body of a grain plant) · tr başak (fruiting body of a grain plant) · orv колосъ (fruiting body of a grain plant) · rif taydart (fruiting body of a grain plant) · ko 이삭 (fruiting body of a grain plant) · fa خوشه (fruiting body of a grain plant) · az başaq (fruiting body of a grain plant) · de Getreideähre (fruiting body of a grain plant) · pt espiga (fruiting body of a grain plant) · vi bông (fruiting body of a grain plant) · az sümbül (fruiting body of a grain plant) · sq kallamishte (fruiting body of a grain plant) · it spiga (fruiting body of a grain plant) · yoi(fruiting body of a grain plant) · ga croithleog (fruiting body of a grain plant) · rm spigia (fruiting body of a grain plant) · gl espiga (fruiting body of a grain plant) · la agna (fruiting body of a grain plant) · rm spia (fruiting body of a grain plant) · id bulir (fruiting body of a grain plant) · fo aks (fruiting body of a grain plant) · sq misërishtë (fruiting body of a grain plant) · sq gruç (fruiting body of a grain plant) · be ко́лас (fruiting body of a grain plant) · ar سُنْبُلَة (fruiting body of a grain plant) · sk klas (fruiting body of a grain plant) · gl mazaroca (fruiting body of a grain plant) · te కంకి (fruiting body of a grain plant) · tet fulin (fruiting body of a grain plant) · pl kłos (fruiting body of a grain plant) · zh(fruiting body of a grain plant) · osx ahar (fruiting body of a grain plant) · sh klas (fruiting body of a grain plant) · wa påme (fruiting body of a grain plant) · cy tywysen (fruiting body of a grain plant) · oc espic (fruiting body of a grain plant) · sq rrome (fruiting body of a grain plant) · ga dias (fruiting body of a grain plant) · enm er (fruiting body of a grain plant) · vo spig (fruiting body of a grain plant) · kmr simbil (fruiting body of a grain plant) · tl uhay (fruiting body of a grain plant)

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ear en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱos Proto-Germanic *ahaz Proto-West Germanic *ahaʀ Old English ēar Middle English er English ear From Middle English er, ere, from Old English ēar (Northumbrian dialect æhher), from Proto-West Germanic *ahaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *ahaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). Cognate with Dutch aar, German Ähre, and West Frisian ier; also Latin acus (“needle; husk”), Tocharian B āk (“ear, awn”), and Old Church Slavonic ость (ostĭ, “wheat spike, sharp point”). More at edge.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain does.
    • This corn ears well.

Forms

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ears Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
eared Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
eared Tense=Past lexicographic
earing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Translations (12)

fr monter en épi (to put forth ears in growing) · bg изкласявам (to put forth ears in growing) · ota باشاقلانمق (to put forth ears in growing) · gl espigar (to put forth ears in growing) · ca espiguejar (to put forth ears in growing) · tr başaklanmak (to put forth ears in growing) · gl espendoar (to put forth ears in growing) · zh (使)接穗 (to put forth ears in growing) · fr épier (to put forth ears in growing) · ru колоси́ться (to put forth ears in growing) · es espigar (to put forth ears in growing) · ca espigar (to put forth ears in growing)

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  • /ˈiɹ/ (Scotland)
  • [iɹ] (Scotland)
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Etymology

From Middle English eren, from Old English erian, from Proto-West Germanic *arjan, from Proto-Germanic *arjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃- (“to plough”).

Meanings

  1. (archaic) To plough.
    • That power I have, discharge; and let them go To ear the land that hath some hope to grow, For I have none. 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
    • And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 21:4:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ears Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
eared Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
eared Tense=Past lexicographic
earing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

earable

Translations (25)

sv ploga (archaic: to plough) · pl orać (archaic: to plough) · mk ора (archaic: to plough) · es arar (archaic: to plough) · it arare (archaic: to plough) · fr labourer (archaic: to plough) · ko 갈다 (archaic: to plough) · ar حَرَثَ (archaic: to plough) · ru вспаха́ть (archaic: to plough) · ro ara (archaic: to plough) · el ζευγαρίζω (archaic: to plough) · pt arar (archaic: to plough) · el αροτριώ (archaic: to plough) · sv plöja (archaic: to plough) · hu szánt (archaic: to plough) · la arare (archaic: to plough) · ru паха́ть (archaic: to plough) · et kündma (archaic: to plough) · fi kyntää (archaic: to plough) · sw sikio (archaic: to plough) · ja 耕す (archaic: to plough) · de pflügen (archaic: to plough) · zh(archaic: to plough) · is plægja (archaic: to plough) · nl ploegen (archaic: to plough)