Ear

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A human ear.

See also -ear

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɪə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /I@(r\)/

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(r)
• Homophones: -eer

Etymology 1

Middle English ere, from Old English ēare, from Proto-Germanic *auzōn, áusō (cf. West Frisian [[ear#Template:Fy|ear]], Dutch oor, German Ohr, Swedish öra), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ous- (cf. Old Irish [[áu, ó#Template:Sga|áu, ó]], Latin auris, Lithuanian ausìs, Russian уchо, Albanian vesh, Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs), Armenian unkn, Persian hoš).

Noun

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Singular Ear

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1. (countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
2. (countable) The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.
3. (countable) (slang) A police informant.

   Quotations:

   • From the movie The Enforcer.

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

Derived terms

Terms derived from ear (noun)

bend somebody's ear by ear cauliflower ear earache ear canal eardrum earful earhole earlobe

earmark earpiece earphone earprint earring ears are burning earshot earsore ear trumpet

earwax external ear inner ear little pitchers have big ears make a silk purse of a sow's ear middle ear mind's ear out on one's ear outer ear

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Translations

organ of hearing

Afrikaans: oor af(af) Akkadian: [[𒉿#Akkadian|Template:Xsux]] (uznu) Aleut: tutusix Ancient Greek: οὖς (ous) Arabic: أذن (’udhn) f. Egyptian Arabic: ودن (widn) m. Aramaic: Syriac: ܐܕܢܐ (’idnā’) f. Hebrew: אדנא (’idnā’) f. Armenian: ականջ hy(hy) (akanǰ) Old Armenian: ունկն (unkn), ականջք (akanǰkʿ) pl. Aromanian: [[ureaclje#Template:Rup|ureaclje]] Asturian: oreya ast(ast) f. Avar: гӀин av(av) (ʕin) Azeri: qulaq az(az) Basque: belarri Bengali: [[কান#Template:Bn|কান]] (kān) Breton: skouarn f., divskouarn pl. Bulgarian: ухо (uho) n. Catalan: orella f. Chamicuro: chayi Chinese: 耳朵 (ěrduǒ) Coptic: [[ⲙⲁⲁϫⲉ#Template:Cop|Template:Copt]] (maaǧe) Croatian: ȕho hr(hr) n. Czech: ucho cs(cs) Danish: øre da(da) Dutch: oor nl(nl) n. Egyptian: [[msḏr#Template:Egy|Template:Egyp]] <hiero>ms-s-Dr:r-F21</hiero> Erzya: пиле (pile) Esperanto: orelo eo(eo) Estonian: kõrv et(et) Faroese: oyra fo(fo) n. Finnish: korva fi(fi) French: oreille fr(fr) f. Georgian: ყერი ka(ka) (qeri) German: Ohr de(de) n. Greek: αυτί el(el) (afti) n. Guaraní: nambi Hawaiian: pepeiao Hebrew: אוזן (ózen) f. Hindi: कान (kān) m. Hungarian: fül hu(hu) Icelandic: eyra is(is) n. Indonesian: telinga, kuping Interlingua: aure, auricula Inuktitut: ᓯᐅᑦ (siut) Inuvialuktun: siun Inuinnaqtun: hiun West Inuktitun: hiut Irish: cluas ga(ga) f. Italian: orecchio m., orecchie pl. Japanese: 耳 (みみ, mimí) Kalaallisut: siut Kannada: (kivi)

Kanuri: [[sǝmo#Template:Kr|sǝmo]] Karachay-Balkar: [[къулакъ#Template:Krc|къулакъ]] (qulaq) Korean: 귀 (gwi) Kurdish: guh, گوێ, گوێچک Latin: auris la(la) f., auricula la(la) Latvian: auss lv(lv) f. sg., ausis lv(lv) f. pl. Lower Sorbian: wucho n. Macedonian: уво mk(mk) (úvo) n. Malay: telinga ms(ms) Malayalam: ചെവി (chevi), കര്‍ണ്ണം (karNNam) Maltese: widna mt(mt) f. Mi'kmaq: nseduwaqan (my ear) Navajo: ajaa' (someone's ear), -jaa' Ngarrindjeri: plombi Northern Sami: beallji Norwegian: øre no(no) Occitan: aurelha oc(oc) f. Old English: ēare ang(ang) Pashto: غوږ ps(ps) (ghwag) m. Persian: گوش (gush) Pitjantjatjara: pina, anpiṟi Polish: ucho pl(pl) n. Portuguese: orelha pt(pt) f. Powhatan: metawak; netawak (my e.); ketawak (your e.); otawak (his e.) Rohingya: han Romani: kan Romanian: ureche ro(ro) Russian: ухо (úxo) n. Sanskrit: कर्ण sa(sa) (kárṇa) m., श्रवण sa(sa) (śrávaṇa) n., श्रुति sa(sa) (śrúti) f. Scots: luggie Scottish Gaelic: cluas f. Serbian: uvo n., uho n. Sicilian: ricchi f. Slovak: ucho sk(sk), sluch sk(sk), klas sk(sk) Slovene: uho sl(sl) n. Sotho: tsebe st(st) Spanish: oído es(es) m. Swahili: sikio sw(sw) Swazi: Ín-dlebé n. Swedish: öra sv(sv) n. Tagalog: tainga Tajik: гӯш tg(tg) (gūš) Taos: t’ółəona Telugu: చెవి Tswana: tsebe tn(tn) (9/10) Tupinambá: nambi Turkish: kulak tr(tr) n. Ukrainian: вухо (vúkho) n. Upper Sorbian: wucho n. Urdu: کان (kān) m. Uyghur: قۇلاق ug(ug) (qulaq) Vietnamese: tai vi(vi) West Frisian: ear Wolof: nopp Yup'ik: ciun

external part of the organ of hearing — see auricle

slang: police informant

Estonian: koputaja et(et) Finnish: vasikka fi(fi) German: Informant de(de) m. Macedonian: доушник mk(mk) (dóušnik) m.

Polish: konfident m. Russian: доносчик ru(ru) (donósčik) m. Swahili: sikio sw(sw) West Frisian: ynformant

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North Alaskan Inupiatun: siun

Northwest Alaska Inupiatun: siun

See also

• aural

Etymology 2

Middle English er, from Old English ēar, from Proto-Germanic *axaz(an) (cf. West Frisian [[ier#Template:Fy|ier]], Dutch aar, German Ähre), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ék- 'sharp' (cf. Latin acus 'needle; husk', Tocharian B [[āk#Template:Txb|āk]] 'ear, awn', Old Church Slavonic ostĭ 'wheat spike, sharp point'). More at edge.

Noun

Singular Ear

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Ear ({{{1}}})

1. (countable) The fruiting body of a grain plant.

   He is in the fields, harvesting ears of corn.

Synonyms

• head
• spike

Translations

fruiting body of a grain plant

Armenian: հասկ (hask) Czech: klas cs(cs) Danish: aks da(da) n. Dutch: aar nl(nl) m. Estonian: viljapea Finnish: tähkä fi(fi) French: épi fr(fr) m. German: Ähre de(de) f. Italian: spiga it(it) f. Japanese: 穂 (ho)

Macedonian: клас mk(mk) (klas) m. Polish: kłos pl(pl) m. Portuguese: espiga pt(pt) f. Russian: колос (kólos) m., початок (počátok) m. of maize Serbian: klas sr(sr) m. Sicilian: spica f. Spanish: espiga es(es) f. Swahili: sikio sw(sw) Swedish: ax sv(sv) n.

Etymology 3

Old English erian

Verb

Infinitive to Ear

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Ear (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. (archaic) To plough.
   • 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

archaic: to plough

Arabic: حرث ar(ar) (ħáraθa) Chinese: 耕 (gēng) Dutch: ploegen nl(nl) Estonian: kündma Finnish: kyntää fi(fi) French: labourer fr(fr) German: pflügen de(de) Greek: ζευγαρίζω (zevgarízo), αροτριώ (arotrió) Hungarian: szánt hu(hu) Icelandic: plægja is(is) Italian: arare it(it)

Japanese: 耕す (tagayásu) Korean: 갈다 (galda) Latin: arare la(la) Macedonian: ора mk(mk) (óra) Portuguese: arar pt(pt) Russian: пахать / вспахать (pakhát’/vspakhát’) Spanish: arar es(es) Swahili: sikio sw(sw) Swedish: ploga, plöja Wolof: nopp

Anagrams

• aer,
• are
• era, ERA
• Rae

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Old English

Etymology 1

Akin to Old Norse aur

Noun

ēar m

1. sea
2. earth

Etymology 2

Proto-Germanic *ahiz, whence also Old High German ahir (German Ähre), Old Saxon ahar (Dutch aar), Old Norse ax. From a Proto-Indo-European root *ak ('pointed'); compare Latin acus "needle"

Noun

ēar

1. ear (of corn)

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

Template:Gd-noun

1. east

Antonyms

• iar

Derived terms

• an ear
• sear

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West Frisian

Noun

ear n.

1. ear

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