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== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: ēr, (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪə̯/; [ˈɪː], [ˈiː.ə] (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ɪɚ/, [ɪɹ̩], /iɚ/, [iɹ̩] (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɪə̯/; [ˈɪː], [ɪə̯~ɪɐ̯] (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈiə̯/; [iːə̯], [ɪə̯~e̝ə̯] (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈiəɹ/; [iːɹ] (East Anglia, cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /ˈɛː/ Homophones: air, heir (both cheer–chair merger) Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Hyphenation: ear === Etymology 1 === From Middle English ere, eare, from Old English ēare (“ear”), from Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô (“ear”) (compare Scots ere, er, eir, West Frisian ear, Dutch oor, German Ohr, Swedish öra, Danish øre), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws (compare Old Irish áu, Latin auris, Lithuanian ausi̇̀s, Russian у́хо (úxo), Albanian vesh, Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs), and Old Armenian ունկն (unkn). ==== Noun ==== ear (plural ears) (countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea. (countable) The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle. (countable, slang) A police informant. The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; skill or good taste in listening to music. The privilege of being kindly heard; favour; attention. That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; a prominence or projection on an object, usually for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; a foot-rest or step of a spade or a similar digging tool. Coordinate terms: boss, eye (architecture) An acroterium. (architecture) A crossette. (journalism) A space to the left or right of a publication's front-page title, used for advertising, weather, etc. (baking) A curled ridge in the crust of a loaf of bread where the dough was slashed before going into the oven and expands during baking. (clothing) The outer panels or flaps (protrusions) of a diaper upon which the fasteners are located, which are fastened around the wearer's waist. (graph theory) A path whose endpoints may coincide but in which otherwise there are no repetitions of vertices or edges. ===== Alternative forms ===== ere (obsolete) ===== Meronyms ===== auricle auricula pinna ===== Derived terms ===== English terms starting with “ear” ===== Descendants ===== Tok Pisin: ia ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== ear (third-person singular simple present ears, present participle earing, simple past and past participle eared) (humorous, transitive) To take in with the ears; to hear. (transitive) To hold by the ears. ==== See also ==== ear on Wikipedia.Wikipedia aural === Etymology 2 === From Middle English eere, er, from Old English ēar (Northumbrian dialect æhher), from Proto-West Germanic *ahaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *ahaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). See also West Frisian ier, Dutch aar, German Ähre; also Latin acus (“needle; husk”), Tocharian B āk (“ear, awn”), Old Church Slavonic ость (ostĭ, “wheat spike, sharp point”). More at edge. ==== Noun ==== ear (plural ears) (countable) The fruiting body of a grain plant. ===== Synonyms ===== head spike ===== Derived terms ===== corn earworm earshoot ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== 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. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From Middle English eren, from Old English erian, from Proto-West Germanic *arjan, from Proto-Germanic *arjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃- (“to plough”). ==== Verb ==== ear (third-person singular simple present ears, present participle earing, simple past and past participle eared) (archaic) To plough. ===== Derived terms ===== earable ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === Åre, Rea, rea, REA, aer-, A.R.E., ReA, ARE, aër-, Are, Aer, ERA, era, are, Rae == Hawaiian Creole == === Etymology === Derived from English ear. === Noun === ear (countable) ear (the organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea) == Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aɾˠ/ === Noun === ear The name of the Latin script letter r/R. === See also === (Latin-script letter names) litir; á, bé, cé, dé, é, eif, gé, héis, í, jé, cá, eil, eim, ein, ó, pé, cú, ear, eas, té, ú, vé, wae, ex, yé, zae Note: The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers. == Middle English == === Noun === ear alternative form of eere (“ear of grain”) == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /æ͜ɑːr/ Rhymes: -æ͜ɑːr === Etymology 1 === From Proto-West Germanic *aur, from Proto-Germanic *auraz. Akin to Old Norse aurr (“mud”). ==== Noun ==== ēar m billow, wave sea, ocean earth the runic character ᛠ (/æ͜ɑ(ː)/) ===== Declension ===== Strong a-stem: ===== Derived terms ===== Old English: Ēarmūþa English: Yarmouth === Etymology 2 === From Proto-West Germanic *ahaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *ahaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“pointed”). ==== Alternative forms ==== æhher — Northumbrian ==== Noun ==== ēar n ear (of corn) ===== Declension ===== Strong a-stem: ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: eere, ear, ere, er, ȝer, eyreEnglish: earScots: aicher, icker, aiker (< æhher) == Scots == === Adverb === ear (not comparable) alternative form of air (“early”) === References === “ear, adv., adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish an air (literally “from before”), equivalent to modern a (“from”) + air (“before”). === Noun === ear f east Antonym: iar ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== compass points: [edit] === References === Edward Dwelly (1911), “ear”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN “ear” in Am Faclair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary. “ear”, in LearnGaelic - Dictionary, 2021 == West Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian āre, from Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪə̯r/ === Noun === ear n (plural earen, diminutive earke) ear ==== Derived terms ==== earbel earring ==== Further reading ==== “ear (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011 == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English er, from Old English ǣr, from Proto-West Germanic *airi. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛːr/ Homophones: e'er, ere === Preposition === ear ere, before ==== Derived terms ==== ear yestei === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 37