öra

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ora"

Icelandic

Noun

öra n

1. indefinite genitive plural of ör (“scar”)

Swedish

ett öra

Three visible "ears" (gonads) of a moon jelly.

Alternative forms

• ör (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Swedish ø̄ra, from Old Norse eyra, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²øːra/, [²œ̞ːra]

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Noun

öra n

1. (anatomy) ear; the part of the body used to hear
   • (Can we date this quote?), “Huvud, axlar, knä(n) och tå(r) [Head, Shoulders, Knee(s) and Toe(s) [singular in most other versions]]”‎^[1]performed by Mora Träsk:

     Huvud, axlar, knän och tår, knän och tår. Huvud, axlar, knän och tår, knän och tår. Ögon, öron, kinden klappen får. Huvud, axlar, knän och tår, knän och tår.

     Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes. Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes. Eyes, ears, the cheek gets the pat ["Kinden får klappen" is the normal word order, like in English, but switching it around does not sound ungrammatical in Swedish]. Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.

2. ear; the handle of a cup, designed not to get warm when a hot liquid is poured in to the cup
3. (zoology) a semicircular gonad visible in certain species of jellyfish
   • 2013 August 12, “Brist på maneter rubbar ekosystem [Lack of jellyfish disrupts ecosystem]”, in Sveriges Radio, sourced from TT News Agency:

     Manetens utseende med fyra "öron" har gett arten dess namn. Öronen fungerar som manetens könsorgan.

     The jellyfish's appearance, with four "ears," has given the species its name. The ears serve as the jellyfish's reproductive organs.

Usage notes

• The plural öron is used at the start of compounds.
• In informal usage, the definite plural may also take the form örona, öronas.

Declension

Declension of öra

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	öra	öras
	definite	örat	örats
plural	indefinite	öron	örons
	definite	öronen	öronens

Related terms

• inneröra
• ytteröra
• öronläkare
• öronpropp
• öronskydd
• öronvärmare
• örsnibb

See also

• dra öronen åt sig
• små grytor har också öron
• stå på örat
• vara idel öra
• vara på örat

References

• “öra”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “öra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “öra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH

Anagrams

• öar