orella

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• urella

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈɾeʎa/
• Rhymes: -eʎa
• Syllabification: o‧re‧lla

Noun

orella f

1. (anatomy) ear

References

• “oreja”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Catalan

Alternative forms

• aurella (medieval)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan oreyla~oreylla~orella, from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula.

Pronunciation

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

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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.

Galician

A commercial sign, Santiago de Compostela

Orellas

Alternative forms

• orelha (reintegrationist spelling)
• ourella

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese orelha~orella, from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈɾeʎa̝/

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Noun

orella f (plural orellas)

1. (anatomy) ear
2. Galician sweet fritters typically consumed during Shrovetide
3. mouldboard

References

• “orella” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “orella” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “orella” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “orella” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “orella” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• orelha (Portugal)

Etymology

13th century. From Latin ōricula, variant of auricula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈɾeʎa/

Noun

orella f

1. (Galicia, anatomy) ear
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, 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

References

• “orella” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “orella” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.