different between auricular vs auricula

English

Etymology

Late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin auricul?ris, from auricula (“the external ear; the ear”) +? -?ris (“-ar”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to auricle +? -ar. Doublet of auricularis.

The finger is so called because it can be readily introduced into the ear passage.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?????k.j?l.?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /????k.j?l.?/
• Rhymes: -?kj?l?(?)

Adjective

auricular (not comparable)

1. (relational) Of or pertaining to the ear.

   Synonym: otic

   1. (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the sense of hearing.

      Synonyms: auditory, aural

   2. Told to the ear; told privately.

   3. Recognized by the ear; understood by the sense of hearing.
2. (anatomy, relational) Pertaining to the auricles of the heart.
3. (art, relational) Pertaining to a style of ornamental decoration, originating in Northern Europe in the first half of the 17th century, that uses softly flowing abstract shapes in relief some of which bear a resemblance to the human ear; commonly used in silverware, picture frames, and architecture.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

auricular (plural auriculars)

1. The outermost and smallest finger of the hand.

   Synonyms: ear finger, fourth finger, little finger, mercurial finger, pinkie
2. (humorous) The ear.

Translations

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin auricul?ris.

Pronunciation

Adjective

auricular m or f (plural auriculares, not comparable)

1. (relational) ear; auricular
2. (relational) hearing; auricular
3. (relational) auricle; auricular

Related terms

• aurícula
• orelha

Noun

auricular m (plural auriculares)

1. (Portugal) earphone, earpiece

   Synonyms: fone, (Brazil) fone de ouvido

References

Romanian

Etymology

From French auriculaire.

Adjective

auricular m or n (feminine singular auricular?, masculine plural auriculari, feminine and neuter plural auriculare)

1. auricular

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin auricul?ris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /au?iku?la?/, [au?.?i.ku?la?]

Adjective

auricular (plural auriculares)

1. (relational) ear; auricular
2. (relational) hearing; auricular

Derived terms

• auricular anterior
• auricular posterior
• auricular superior
• músculo auricular anterior

Related terms

• aurícula

Noun

auricular m (plural auriculares)

1. (used in plural) earphones (a pair of small loudspeakers worn inside each outer ear or covering all or part of the ear, without a connecting band worn over head.)
2. handset, earpiece, receiver (any of several electronic devices that receive signals and convert them into sound)

   Antonym: altavoz

3. auricular (finger)

   Synonym: meñique

Further reading

• “auricular” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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