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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- (UK) IPA: /ɪə̯/, X-SAMPA: /I@/
- (US) IPA: /ɪɹ/, X-SAMPA: /Ir\/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪə(r)
- Homophone: -eer
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Middle English ere, ȝhere, from Old English ēare (“ear”), 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 *h₂ous- (compare Old Irish áu, Latin auris, Lithuanian ausìs, Russian ухо (úxo), Albanian vesh, Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs), Old Armenian ունկն (unkn), Persian گوش (guš) ).
Noun [edit]
ear (plural ears)
- (countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
- (countable) The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.
- (countable, slang) A police informant.
- 1976, Stirling Silliphant, Dean Riesner, Gail Morgan Hickman, The Enforcer.
- No I'm not kidding, and if you don't give it to me I'll let it out that you’re an ear.
- 1976, Stirling Silliphant, Dean Riesner, Gail Morgan Hickman, The Enforcer.
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Etymology 2 [edit]
Middle English er, from Old English ēar, from Proto-Germanic *ahaz (compare West Frisian ier, Dutch aar, German Ähre), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ék- 'sharp' (compare Latin acus 'needle; husk', Tocharian B āk 'ear, awn', Old Church Slavonic ostĭ 'wheat spike, sharp point'). More at edge.
Noun [edit]
ear (plural ears)
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Verb [edit]
ear (third-person singular simple present ears, present participle earing, simple past and past participle eared)
- (intransitive) To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain does.
- This corn ears well.
Etymology 3 [edit]
Old English erian
Verb [edit]
ear (third-person singular simple present ears, present participle earing, simple past and past participle eared)
- (archaic) To plough.
- 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II
- That power I have, discharge; and let them go
- To ear the land that hath some hope to grow,
- For I have none.
- 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II
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Etymology 1 [edit]
Akin to Old Norse aur
Noun [edit]
ēar m
Etymology 2 [edit]
Proto-Germanic *ahaz, 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 [edit]
ēar n
- ear (of corn)
Scottish Gaelic [edit]
Noun [edit]
ear f
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West Frisian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Frisian āre, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-. Compare English ear, Dutch oor, German Ohr, Danish øre.
Noun [edit]
ear n (plural earen, diminutive earje, diminutive plural earjes)
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