ear

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

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.
3. (countable, slang) A police informant.
4. The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; skill or good taste in listening to music.
5. The privilege of being kindly heard; favour; attention.
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.
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.
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.

Verb

1. (humorous, transitive) To take in with the ears; to hear.
2. (transitive) To hold by the ears.

Verb

To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain does.

Verb

To plough.

Concepts

oreille

👂

épi

👂

épier

labourer

monter

pointe

ouïe

anse

ore

indic

joue

lobe

poignée

pousser

appareil auditif

Synonymes

spike

hearing

nose

👃

earlobe

lug

handle

ears

👂

eared

horn

tongue

👅

eye

👁️

auditory

capitulum

pinna

cob

organ of hearing

skin

attention

be in the ear

form ears

hear

auricle

of hearing

external ear

noise

notice

obstinacy

otic

outer ear

👂

regard

remark

rumour

sheaf

tab

temple

earhole

and throat

ENT

lifting lug

projecting lug

lifting eye

come into ear

ear-conch

convex lug

dummy club

acoustic

nose and throat

angel

👼

auditive

aural

Traductions

oreja

👂

Ohr

👂

oor

👂

orecchio

👂

orelha

👂

auris

👂

orella

👂

kulak

👂

αυτί

ouvido

spiga

Ähre

guh

👂

oído

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɪə̯/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: ere

Hérité de ancien anglais: ēare

Appartenant à écossais: ear

Appartenant à frison occidental: ear

Appartenant à néerlandais: oor

Appartenant à allemand: Ohr

Appartenant à suédois: öra

Appartenant à danois: øre

Appartenant à ancien irlandais: áu

Appartenant à latin: auris

Appartenant à lituanien: ausìs

Appartenant à russe: у́хо

Appartenant à albanais: vesh

Appartenant à grec ancien: οὖς

Appartenant à Classical Armenian: ունկն

Appartenant à persan: گوش

Hérité de moyen anglais: eere

Hérité de ancien anglais: ēar

Appartenant à frison occidental: ier

Appartenant à néerlandais: aar

Appartenant à allemand: Ähre

Appartenant à latin: acus

Appartenant à Tokharian B: āk

Appartenant à slavon d’église: ость

Hérité de moyen anglais: eren

Hérité de ancien anglais: erian

In summary

From Middle English ere, eare, from Old English ēare (“ear”), from Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô (“ear”) (compare Scots ear, West Frisian ear, Dutch oor, German Ohr, Swedish öra, Danish øre), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws (compare Old Irish áu, Latin auris, Lithuanian ausi̇̀s, Russian у́хо (úxo), Albanian vesh, Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs), and Old Armenian ունկն (unkn).

Phrases

There are white stains above and behind each eye and behind each ear .

Il y a des taches blanches au-dessus et derrière chaque œil et derrière chaque oreille.

The whole police force standing on it's ear .

Toute les forces de police debout sur son oreille.