different between auricle vs auricula

English

Etymology

From Latin auricula (“the external ear”), diminutive of auris (“the ear”). Doublet of auricula.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.??k.?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???.?k.?l/
• Homophone: oracle (in some accents)

Noun

auricle (plural auricles)

1. (biology) Any appendage in the shape of an ear or earlobe.
   1. (anatomy) The outer ear or pinna.

      Synonyms: pinna, pavilion

2. (anatomy) Alternative form of atrium.
   1. (anatomy) An anterior ear-shaped appendage of the left or right atrium of the human heart.

Derived terms

• auricled

Related terms

• auricula
• auricular
• auriculo-

Translations

References

• “auricle”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “auricle”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• ciruela

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin auricula (“the external ear; the ear”). Doublet of auricle.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?kj?l?

Noun

auricula (plural auriculae or auriculas)

1. (anatomy) The external part of the ear.

   Synonyms: pinna, auricle

2. (anatomy) A small conical pouch projecting from either atrium of the heart.

   Synonyms: atrial appendage, auricular appendix, auricle

3. (palynology) A pronounced thickening at the corner of a trilete spore, beyond the end of the laesura.

   Synonym: valva

4. (horticulture, plural: auriculas) The ornamental primrose Primula auricula

   Synonym: bear's ear

Related terms

References

• “auricula”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “auricula”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Latin

Alternative forms

• ?ricla (Vulgar, post-Augustan)
• ?ricula

Etymology

From auris (“the ear”) +? -cula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /au??ri.ku.la/, [äu????k???ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au??ri.ku.la/, [?u??ri?kul?]

Noun

auricula f (genitive auriculae); first declension

1. Diminutive of auris:
   1. (anatomy) external ear, earlap
   2. (in general) ear

      Synonym: auris

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• auricul?ris (adjective)
• auricul?rius

Descendants

References

• auricula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• auricula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• auricula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• auricula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette