ears

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɪəz/, /ɪə(ɹ)z/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪɹz/ Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)z === Noun === ears plural of ear ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === ears third-person singular simple present indicative of ear === Anagrams === Sare, eras, arse, AREs, Sera, Ersa, ERAs, reas, Sear, sera, sear, RASE, SERA, rase, Ares, ares, ARSE, sare == Old English == === Alternative forms === ærs === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁órsos. Cognate with Old Frisian ers, Old Saxon ars, Old High German ars, Old Norse ars ~ rass, and more distantly with Middle Armenian ոռ (oṙ, “ass”) and Modern Greek ουρά (ourá, “tail”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /æ͜ɑrs/, [æ͜ɑrˠs] === Noun === ears m butt, arse ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: ars, arce, ers, eres, hars, hers, aarsEnglish: arse, assScots: ers, airse(from variant form hers) → Middle Welsh: hersWelsh: hers == Palauan == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ. === Pronunciation === === Noun === ears (nautical) sail === References === ears in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com. ears in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com. ears in Lewis S. Josephs; Edwin G. McManus; Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977), Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 86.