Ear

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Etymology 3 1.6 Verb

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English ere, from Old English ēare . Cognates include Greek ως , Latin auris, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉 (auso), German Ohr, Russian ухо (uho).

Noun

1. The human organ of hearing. Consists of the pinna , auditory canal , eardrum , malleus bone, incus bone, stapes bone and cochlea .
2. (slang) A police informant .
   • Clint Eastwood in the movie The Enforcer.

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

Translations

• Arabic: أذن
• Basque: belarri
• Breton: skouarn f divskouarn pl
• Catalan: orella f (ca) [1]
• Chinese: 耳朵 (ěrduo)
• Czech: ucho
• Danish: øre
• Dutch: oor n
• Esperanto: orelo
• Finnish: korva
• French: oreille f
• Frisian: ear
• German: Ohr n (de) [1] (1)
• Guarani: nambi
• Hawaiian: pepeiao
• Hebrew: עוזן f
• Hungarian: fül
• Indonesian: telinga , kuping
• Interlingua: aure , auricula
• Italian: orecchio m (plural: orecchie f)
• Japanese: 耳 (みみ, mimi)
• Korean: 귀 (gue)
• Kurdish: guh
• Persian: گوش (gush)
• Pitjantjatjara: pina , anpiṟi
• Polish: ucho n
• Portuguese: orelha f
• Romanica: aure f, auricula f
• Russian: ухо (úkho) n
• Slovak: ucho , sluch , klas
• Slovene: uho n
• Spanish: oreja f
• Swedish: öra n (1)
• Tupinambá: nambi

  вухо (vúkho) n

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Saxon ēar . Confer Dutch aar , German Ähre , Old Norse ax, Gothic ahs . From an Aryan root ak , "pointed", confer Latin acus , "needle".

Noun

ear

1. fruiting body of a grain plant; spike

Translations

• German: Ähre f (1)

Etymology 3

Anglo-Saxon erian . West Aryan; confer Old Dutch erien , Old High German erran , Old Norse erja , Gothic arjan , Latin arare , Greek άρουν , Irish airim . Cognate with "earth". Confer "arable".

Verb

1. (archaic) to plough