orella

Aragonese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin oricla, from Latin auricula.

Noun

orella f

1. (anatomy) ear

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Catalan

Alternative forms

• aurella (medieval)

Etymology

From Old Catalan oreyla~oreylla~orella (possibly just spelling variants), from Vulgar Latin ōricla, from Latin auricula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [uˈɾɛ.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [oˈɾə.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [oˈɾe.ʎa]

• Audio:

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Noun

orella f (plural orelles)

1. (anatomy) ear

Derived terms

• a cau d'orella
• orella d'ase
• orella de gat
• orella de llebre
• orella de rata
• orellada
• orellana
• orellera
• orelleta
• orelló
• orellut

 

Related terms

• eixorellar

References

• “orella” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “orella”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “orella” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “orella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

A commercial sign, Santiago de Compostela

Orellas

Alternative forms

• ourella

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese orella, from Vulgar Latin oricla, from Latin auricula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈɾeʎa̝/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

orella f (plural orellas)

1. (anatomy) ear
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 540:

     todo esto me entra per hũa orella et me sal perla outra

     all this comes to me by one ear and out the other

2. Galician sweet fritters typically consumed during Shrovetide
3. mouldboard

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “orella”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “orella”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “orella”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “orella”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “orella”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN