ear

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

oor

👂

aar

👂

kolf

ploegen

gehoor

oorschelp

or

u3r

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

oreille

👂

épi

👂

oreja

👂

Ohr

👂

orecchio

👂

orelha

👂

auris

👂

orella

👂

kulak

👂

αυτί

ouvido

spiga

Ähre

guh

👂

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɪə̯/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: ere

Overgenomen van Oudengels: ēare

Verwant aan Schots: ear

Verwant aan Fries: ear

Verwant aan Nederlands: oor

Verwant aan Duits: Ohr

Verwant aan Zweeds: öra

Verwant aan Deens: øre

Verwant aan Oudiers: áu

Verwant aan Latijn: auris

Verwant aan Litouws: ausìs

Verwant aan Russisch: у́хо

Verwant aan Albanees: vesh

Verwant aan Oudgrieks: οὖς

Verwant aan Classical Armenian: ունկն

Verwant aan Perzisch: گوش

Overgenomen van Middelengels: eere

Overgenomen van Oudengels: ēar

Verwant aan Fries: ier

Verwant aan Nederlands: aar

Verwant aan Duits: Ähre

Verwant aan Latijn: acus

Verwant aan Tokharian B: āk

Verwant aan Kerkslavisch: ость

Overgenomen van Middelengels: eren

Overgenomen van Oudengels: 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).

Zinnen

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

Er zijn witte vlekken boven en achter elk oog en achter elk oor.

The whole police force standing on it's ear .

De hele politie staat op zijn oor.