Dictionary

earwax en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈiɹ.wæks/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English erewax, from ere + wax. Equivalent to ear + wax.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) A waxy substance secreted by the ear.
   • Her's Agamemnon, an honeſt fellow inough and one that loues quailes, but hee has not ſo much braine as eare-wax, […] c. 1602, William Shakespeare, The Famous Historie of Troylus and Cresseid. Excellently Expressing the Beginning of their Loues, with the Conceited Wooing of Pandarus, Prince of Licia, London: Imprinted by G[eorge] Eld for R[ichard] Bonian and H[enry] Walley, and are to be sold at the spred Eagle in Paules Church-yeard, ouer against the great North doore, published 1609, →OCLC, act V, scene 1:

Forms

Deriveds

earwaxy · earwax impaction

Synonyms

wax · cerumen

Translations (146)

si කන්කලාඳුරු (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · pt cera de ouvido (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · ca cera de les orelles (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · hi खुँट (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · ja 耳糞 (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · mi tāturi (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · gd cèir-chluaise (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · aa qokká (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · so cukey (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · hi पिंजूष (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · dsb taług z wucha (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · et vaik (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · lv sērs (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · ka ყურის ცვილი (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · nci nacazcuitlatl (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · taa -dziluda' (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · be вушна́я се́ра (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · ja 耳ん垢 (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · de Zerumen (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · eo cerumeno (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · ace èk geulunyueng (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · pt cera (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · hi कर्णमल (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · sa कर्णमल (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · hi पेंजूष (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · dis khamao khee (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · vi ráy (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · id tahi telinga (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · sq dyllë i veshit (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · haw kokuli (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · fi korvavaha (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · id serumen (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · sat ᱮᱲᱜᱳᱫ (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · sh ушна маст (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · fr cérumen (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · hi ठेक (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · af oorsmeer (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · hu fülzsír (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · hi कनोई (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · bn কানের খৈল (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · mi taeturi (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · hi ठेँठी (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · der akun chokora (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · bo རྣ་སྤབས (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · id kotoran telinga (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · eo orelvakso (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · es cerumen (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · tl tutuli (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · sw nta za sikio (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · nci nacazcuihcuitlatl (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · apt ruhi (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · as কণামাকৰি (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · hi कार्ण (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · nb ørevoks (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · yue 耳垢 (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · ja 耳垢 (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · inh боалоз (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · pl woskowina (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · vi cứt ráy (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · mkj pwije (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · it cerume (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · ba сайыр (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · sah кулугу (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · sah кулгаах кулугута (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · gl cerume (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · el κερί (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · sa तोक्म (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · fi vaikku (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · ar شَمْع اَلْأُذْن (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · hsb wuchowy šmałc (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · uk вушна́ сі́ра (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · ja 耳屎 (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · cmn 耳垢 (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · io cerumeno (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · gu કાન મીણ (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · nl oorsmeer (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · mnc ᡥᡡᠰᡠᡵᡳ (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · da ørevoks (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · bg ушна кал (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · cmn 耵聹 /耵聍 (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · yue 耳屎 (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · khb ᦃᦲᧉᦠᦴ (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · dv ކަންފަތުގައި މަޑުލުން (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · es cera de los oídos (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · as কানৰ মলি (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · ang drōsne (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · cmn 耳屎 (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · cr ᒥᐢᑭᐦᑌᑯᒼ (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · hi तोक्म (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · arz شمع الودن (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · te గులిమి (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · tg чирки гӯш (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · rom śuśo (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · is eyrnamergur (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · ar صِمْلَاخ (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · pl woszczyna (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · bo རྣ་སྦངས (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · et kõrvavaik (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · hi खोंठ (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · sa पेञ्जूष (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · mk ушна маст (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · lv auss sērs (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · nn øyrevoks (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · ja 耳垢 (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · ari atkaraačiísuʾ (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · mdf пилевай (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · yue 耵聹 /耵聍 (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · ko 귀에지 (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · ga céir chluaise (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · pag olilek (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · bcl tuli (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · es cerilla (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · ko 귀지 (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · myv пилеой (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · ca cerumen (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · aaf ചെങ്ങനെ (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · pqm qaqalokossawon (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · nl cerumen (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · qu rinri wira (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · ne काने गुजी (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · lb Ouereschmalz (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · th ขี้หู (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · el κυψελίδα (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · sv öronvax (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · sa पिञ्जूष (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · bo རྣ་སྤགས (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · ms tahi telinga (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · kne tueng (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · ta குறும்பி (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · ang drōsna (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · sh слих (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · es cera (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · kne luek (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · de Ohrenschmalz (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · oc cerumèn (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · ru ушна́я се́ра (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · km អាចម៍ត្រចៀក (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · ro ceară de urechi (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · ml ചെവിക്കായം (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · cs ušní maz (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · vi ráy tai (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · hi कर्णागूथ (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · hi खूँट (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · si කනේ කලාඳුරු (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · cy cŵyr clustiau (waxy substance secreted by the ear) · hi कान का मैल (waxy substance secreted by the ear)