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
- The human organ of hearing. Consists of the pinna , auditory canal , eardrum , malleus bone, incus bone, stapes bone and cochlea .
- (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
- fruiting body of a grain plant; spike
Translations
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
- (archaic) to plough
