orelha
التعريفات والمعاني
== Galician ==
=== Noun ===
orelha f (plural orelhas, reintegrationist norm)
reintegrationist spelling of orella
=== References ===
“orelha”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
== Old Galician-Portuguese ==
=== Alternative forms ===
orella
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula.
=== Noun ===
orelha f (plural orelhas)
ear
==== Descendants ====
Fala: orella
Galician: orella
Portuguese: orelha (see there for further descendants)
=== Further reading ===
Universo Cantigas - "orelha"
== Portuguese ==
=== Alternative forms ===
ourelha (dialectal)
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese orelha, from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula. Cognate Galician orella, Spanish oreja. Doublet of aurícula.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -eʎɐ
Hyphenation: o‧re‧lha
=== Noun ===
orelha f (plural orelhas)
(anatomy) ear
bookflap
(Brazil, informal) dog-ear
the claw of a claw hammer
Synonyms: unha, garra
==== Usage notes ====
Colloquially, orelha refers exclusively to the auricle, while ouvido is the earhole, but the terms can be interchangeable in some cases.
==== Quotations ====
For quotations using this term, see Citations:orelha.
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
==== Descendants ====
==== See also ====
ouvido
=== Further reading ===
“orelha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“orelha” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
“orelha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
“orelha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026