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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Verb 1.4.1.1 Translations 1.5 Anagrams 2 Old English 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Noun 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Noun 3 West Frisian 3.1 Noun

[ English

[ Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(r)

[ Etymology 1

Old English ēare, from Germanic *auson, from Indo-European *h₂ous-. Cognate with Dutch oor, German Ohr, Swedish öra; and with Ancient Greek οὖς, Latin auris, Russian ухо.

[ Noun

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ear (plural ears)

1. (countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna, 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.
   • Quotations:

   From the movie The Enforcer.

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

[ Translations

organ of hearing

Arabic: أذن (’óðun) f. Aramaic: Syriac: ܐܕܢܐ (edhnā, edhno) f. Hebrew: אדנא (edhnā, edhno) f. Armenian: ականջ hy(hy) Asturian: oreya ast(ast) f. Basque: belarri Breton: skouarn f., divskouarn pl. Bulgarian: ухо (uho) n. Catalan: orella f. Chinese: 耳朵 (ěrduǒ) Czech: ucho cs(cs) Danish: øre da(da) Dutch: oor nl(nl) n. Erzya: пиле (pile) Esperanto: orelo eo(eo) Estonian: kõrv et(et) Finnish: korva fi(fi) French: oreille fr(fr) f. German: Ohr de(de) n. Greek, Ancient: οὖς (ous) n. Greek, Modern: αυτί (afti) n. Guarani: nambi Hawaiian: pepeiao Hebrew: אוזן (ózen) f. Hindi: कान (kān) m. Hungarian: fül hu(hu) Icelandic: eyra is(is) Indonesian: telinga, kuping Interlingua: aure, auricula Irish: cluas ga(ga) f. Italian: orecchio m., orecchie pl. Japanese: 耳 (みみ, mimí) Kannada: (kivi) Korean: 귀 (gwi) Kurdish: guh, گوێ, گوێچک Latin: auris la(la) f. Latvian: auss f. sg., ausis f. pl.

Lower Sorbian: wucho n. Macedonian: уво (uvo) n. Malay: telinga ms(ms) Malayalam: ചെവി (chevi), കര്‍ണ്ണം (karNNam) Maltese: widna mt(mt) f. Mi'kmaq: nseduwaqan (my ear) Navajo: ajaa' (someone's ear), -jaa' Northern Sami: beallji Norwegian: øre no(no) Old English: ēare ang(ang) Persian: گوش (gush) Pitjantjatjara: pina, anpiṟi Polish: ucho pl(pl) n. Portuguese: orelha pt(pt) f. Powhatan: metawak; netawak (my e.); ketawak (your e.); otawak (his e.) Rohingya: han Romani: kan Russian: ухо (úxo) n. Sanskrit: कर्ण sa(sa) (kárṇa) m., श्रवण sa(sa) (śrávaṇa) n., श्रुति sa(sa) (śrúti) f. Scottish Gaelic: cluas f. Slovak: ucho, sluch, klas Slovene: uho sl(sl) n. Spanish: oreja es(es) f. Swahili: sikio sw(sw) Swazi: Ín-dlebé n. Swedish: öra sv(sv) n. Tagalog: tainga Telugu: చెవి Tupinambá: nambi Turkish: kulak tr(tr) n. Ukrainian: вухо (vúkho) n. Upper Sorbian: wucho n. Urdu: کان (kān) m. Vietnamese: nhĩ vi(vi) West Frisian: ear Wolof: nopp

slang: police informant

German: Informant m. Polish: konfident m.

Russian: доносчик ru(ru) (donósčik) m. West Frisian: ynformant

[ Derived terms

See Look at pages starting with ear.

bend somebody's ear earache ear canal eardrum earhole earlobe earmark earphone earprint earring

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[ Etymology 2

Old English ēar

[ Noun

Singular ear

Plural ears

ear (plural ears)

1. (countable) The fruiting body of a grain plant.

   He is in the fields, harvesting ears of corn.

[ Synonyms

• head
• spike

[ Translations

fruiting body of a grain plant

Dutch: aar nl(nl) m. Estonian: viljapea Finnish: tähkä fi(fi) French: épi fr(fr) m. German: Ähre de(de) f.

Italian: spiga it(it) f. Japanese: 穂 (ho) Russian: колос (kólos) m., початок (počátok) m. of maize Spanish: espiga f. Swedish: ax sv(sv) n.

[ Etymology 3

Old English erian

[ Verb

Infinitive to ear

Third person singular ears

Simple past eared

Past participle eared

Present participle earing

to ear (third-person singular simple present ears, present participle earing, simple past and past participle eared)

1. (archaic) To plough.
   • Quotations:

   1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II

   That power I have, discharge; and let them go

   To ear thee land that hath some hope to grow,

   For I have none.

[ Translations

archaic: to plough

Arabic: حرث ar(ar) (ħáraθa) Chinese: 耕 (gēng) Dutch: ploegen nl(nl) Estonian: kündma Finnish: kyntää fi(fi) French: labourer fr(fr) German: pflügen de(de) Greek: ζευγαρίζω (zevgarízo), αροτριώ (arotrió) Hungarian: szánt hu(hu) Icelandic: plægja is(is)

Italian: arare it(it) Japanese: 耕す (tagayásu) Korean: 갈다 (galda) Latin: arare la(la) Portuguese: arar pt(pt) Russian: пахать / вспахать (pakhát’/vspakhát’) Spanish: arar es(es) Swedish: ploga, plöja Wolof: nopp

[ Anagrams

• are
• era

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[ Old English

[ Etymology 1

Akin to Old Norse aur

[ Noun

ēar m

1. sea
2. earth

[ Etymology 2

Common Germanic *ahiz, whence also Old High German ahir (German Ähre), Old Saxon ahar (Dutch aar), Old Norse ax. From a Proto-Indo-European root ak ('pointed'); compare Latin acus "needle"

[ Noun

ēar

1. ear (of corn)

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[ West Frisian

[ Noun

ear n.

1. ear