inner ear

English

Noun

inner ear (plural inner ears)

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1. (anatomy) The portion of the ear located within the temporal bone which includes the semicircular canals, vestibule, and cochlea and is responsible for hearing and balance.
2. Mind's ear.

Synonyms

• (part of the ear) auris interna, internal ear, labyrinth

Translations

anatomy

• Azerbaijani: daxili qulaq
• Basque: barne belarri
• Belarusian: унутранае вуха n (unutranaje vuxa)
• Catalan: orella interna f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 內耳／内耳 (noi⁶ ji⁵)

  Hokkien: 內耳／内耳 (lāi-hīⁿ)

  Mandarin: 內耳／内耳 (zh) (nèi'ěr)

• Czech: vnitřní ucho (cs) n
• Danish: indre øre n
• Dutch: binnenoor (nl) n
• Esperanto: interna orelo
• Finnish: sisäkorva (fi)
• French: oreille interne (fr) f
• Galician: oído interno (gl) m
• German: Innenohr (de) n, inneres Ohr n
• Greek: έσω ους (el) n (éso ous)
• Hindi: आन्तर कर्ण m (āntar karṇ)
• Hungarian: belső fül (hu)
• Italian: orecchio interno m
• Japanese: 内耳 (ja) (ないじ, naiji; 迷路 めいろ, meiro)
• Kazakh: ішкі құлақ (ışkı qūlaq)
• Korean: 속귀 (sokgwi)
• Latin: auris interna f
• Lithuanian: vidinė ausis f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: indre øre n

  Nynorsk: indre øyre n

• Occitan: aurelha intèrna f
• Polish: ucho wewnętrzne (pl) n
• Portuguese: ouvido (pt) m, ouvido interno (pt) m
• Romanian: ureche internă f
• Russian: вну́треннее у́хо n (vnútrenneje úxo)
• Slovak: vnútorné ucho n
• Slovene: notranje uho (sl) n
• Spanish: oído (es) m, oído interno m
• Swedish: inneröra (sv) n
• Telugu: లోపలి చెవి (lōpali cevi)
• Thai: หูชั้นใน (hǔu chán-nai)
• Turkish: iç kulak (tr)
• Ukrainian: внутрішнє вухо n (vnutrišnje vuxo)
• Volapük: lilamazän
• Welsh: glust fewnol m

See also

• middle ear
• outer ear