Ear
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English
Etymology
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. ("If you don't cooperate, I'll put it out on the street that you're an ear." - Clint Eastwood in the movie The Enforcer.)
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]
- 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)
- Persian: گوش (gush)
- Pitjantjatjara: pina, anpiṟi
- Polish: ucho n
- Portuguese: orelha f
- Romanica: aure f, auricula f
- Russian: ухо (ukho) n
- Slovak: ucho, sluch, klas
- Slovene: uho n
- Spanish: oreja f
- Swedish: öra n (1)
- Tupinambá: nambi
