ear

CEFRA1

[ˈiːə]

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The body part used for hearing.

  2. 02

    noun

    The seed-bearing head of a cereal plant.

Examples

  • He admired the delicate curve of her ear.

  • I don't think you can gain his ear.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈiɚ] ~ [iɹ̩]
  • [ɪə̯~e̝ə̯]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A police informant.

  2. The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.

  3. The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.

More examples

In context

  • You really have an ear for music.

  • He is in the fields, harvesting ears of corn.

  • the ears of a tub, skillet, or dish; The ears of a boat are outside kneepieces near the bow.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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 and Norwegian Bokmål øre, Norwegian Nynorsk øyra), 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).