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ear
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???/
- (US) IPA(key): /??/, /??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
- Homophone: -eer
Etymology 1
From Middle English ere, eare, from Old English ?are (“ear”), from Proto-West Germanic *au??, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô (“ear”) (compare Scots ear, West Frisian ear, Dutch oor, German Ohr, Swedish öra, Danish øre), from Proto-Indo-European *h??ws (compare Old Irish áu, Latin auris, Lithuanian ausìs, Russian ???? (úxo), Albanian vesh, Ancient Greek ??? (oûs), Old Armenian ????? (unkn), and Persian ???? (huš)).
Noun
ear (plural ears)
- (countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
- (countable) The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.
- (countable, slang) A police informant.
- 1976, Stirling Silliphant, Dean Riesner, Gail Morgan Hickman, The Enforcer.
- No I'm not kidding, and if you don't give it to me I'll let it out that you’re an ear.
- 1976, Stirling Silliphant, Dean Riesner, Gail Morgan Hickman, The Enforcer.
- The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; skill or good taste in listening to music.
- songs […] not all ungrateful to thine ear
- The privilege of being kindly heard; favour; attention.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Apophthegms
- Dionysius […] would give no ear to his suit.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Apophthegms
- That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; a prominence or projection on an object, usually for support or attachment; a lug; a handle.
- (architecture) An acroterium.
- (architecture) A crossette.
- (journalism) A space to the left or right of a publication's front-page title, used for advertising, weather, etc.
- 2006, Richard Weiner, ?Charles M. Levine, The Skinny about Best Boys, Dollies, Green Rooms, Leads, and Other Media Lingo (page 26)
- In journalism, ears flank the title as boxes in the left and right top corners of a publication (generally a newspaper).
- 2006, Richard Weiner, ?Charles M. Levine, The Skinny about Best Boys, Dollies, Green Rooms, Leads, and Other Media Lingo (page 26)
Alternative forms
- ere (obsolete)
Descendants
- Tok Pisin: ia
Derived terms
- Pages starting with “ear”.
Translations
See ear/translations § Noun.
Verb
ear (third-person singular simple present ears, present participle earing, simple past and past participle eared)
- (humorous) To take in with the ears; to hear.
- Two Noble Kinsmen
- I eared her language.
- Two Noble Kinsmen
- To hold by the ears.
See also
- ear on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- aural
Etymology 2
From Middle English eere, er, from Old English ?ar (Northumbrian dialect æhher), from Proto-Germanic *ahaz (compare West Frisian ier, Dutch aar, German Ähre), from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?- (“sharp”) (compare Latin acus (“needle; husk”), Tocharian B ?k (“ear, awn”), Old Church Slavonic ???? (ost?, “wheat spike, sharp point”). More at edge.
Noun
ear (plural ears)
- (countable) The fruiting body of a grain plant.
- He is in the fields, harvesting ears of corn.
Synonyms
- head
- spike
Derived terms
- corn earworm
Translations
Verb
ear (third-person singular simple present ears, present participle earing, simple past and past participle eared)
- (intransitive) To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain does.
- This corn ears well.
Translations
Etymology 3
From Old English erian, from Proto-Germanic *arjan?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?erh?- (“to plough”).
Verb
ear (third-person singular simple present ears, present participle earing, simple past and past participle eared)
- (archaic) To plough.
- 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II:
- That power I have, discharge; and let them go
- To ear the land that hath some hope to grow,
- For I have none.
- And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley
- 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II:
Translations
Anagrams
- ARE, Aer, ERA, REA, Rae, Rea, aer-, are, aër-, era, rea
Latin
Verb
ear
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of e?
Middle English
Noun
ear
- Alternative form of eere (“ear of grain”)
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æ???r/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *auraz. Akin to Old Norse aurr (“mud”).
Noun
?ar m
- sea
- earth
Declension
Derived terms
- Old English: ?arm?þa
- English: Yarmouth
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *ahaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?- (“pointed”).
Noun
?ar n
- ear (of corn)
Alternative forms
- æhher – Northumbria
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: eere, ear, ere, er, ?er, eyre
- English: ear
- Scots: aicher, icker, aiker (< æhher)
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
ear f
- east
- Antonym: iar
Derived terms
References
- “ear” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
- “ear” in Am Faclair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary.
- “ear” in LearnGaelic - Dictionary.
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian ?re, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h??ws.
Noun
ear n (plural earen, diminutive earke)
- ear
Derived terms
- earbel
- earring
Further reading
- “ear (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English er, from Old English ?r, from Proto-West Germanic *airi.
Preposition
ear
- ere, before
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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tractor
English
Etymology
Formed from Latin tractus, perfect passive participle of trahere (“to pull”), + agent noun suffix -or.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t?ækt?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?t?ækt?/
- Rhymes: -ækt?(?)
Noun
tractor (plural tractors)
- (agriculture) A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
- (agriculture) A movable coop without a floor to allow for free ranging.
- (US) A truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer.
- Any piece of machinery that pulls something.
- (aviation) An airplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage
- (Britain, rail transportation) A British Rail Class 37 locomotive.
- (archaic) A metal rod used in tractoration, or Perkinism.
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ????? (torakut?)
- ? Khmer: ????????? (trakt??)
- ? Korean: ??? (teuraekta)
- ? Russian: ???????? (tráktor), ????????? (tráktor)
- ? Armenian: ??????? (traktor)
- ? Azerbaijani: traktor
- ? Chinese:
- Cantonese: ??????? (to1 laai1 gei1)
- Dungan: ??????? (tu?laži)
- Mandarin: ??????? (tu?l?j?)
- Min Nan: ??????? (thoa-la-ki / tho-la-ki)
- ? Bouyei: toylayjiy
- ? Burmese: ???? ????? (htau lagyi)
- ? Tibetan: ??????? (tho la ci)
- ? Zhuang: dohlahgih
- ? Dungan: ??????? (traktor)
- ? Georgian: ???????? (?rak?ori)
- ? Ingrian: traktora, traktori
- ? Kazakh: ??????? (traktor)
- ? Korean: ???? (tteurakttoreu) (North Korea)
- ? Kyrgyz: ??????? (traktor)
- ? Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: ??????? (traktor)
- Uyghurjin: ????????? (traktor)
- ? Tajik: ??????? (traktor)
- ? Turkmen: traktor
- ? Uyghur: ????????? (traktor?)
- ? Uzbek: traktor
- ? Thai: ????????? (tr??k-dt???)
Translations
See also
- (aviation): pusher
- (agriculture): traction engine
Verb
tractor (third-person singular simple present tractors, present participle tractoring, simple past and past participle tractored)
- (transitive, agriculture) To prepare (land) with a tractor.
- (transitive, science fiction) To move with a tractor beam.
- (transitive, medicine, archaic) To treat by means of tractoration, or Perkinism.
Asturian
Etymology
Borrowed from English tractor, formed from Latin tractus + the suffix -or.
Noun
tractor m (plural tractores)
- (agriculture) tractor (farm vehicle)
Catalan
Noun
tractor m (plural tractors)
- (agriculture) tractor (farm vehicle)
Related terms
- treure
Further reading
- “tractor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “tractor” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “tractor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “tractor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
From English tractor.
Pronunciation
Noun
tractor m (plural tractoren or tractors, diminutive tractortje n)
- tractor (agricultural vehicle)
- Synonym: trekker
Latin
Verb
tractor
- first-person singular present passive indicative of tract?
References
- tractor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Portuguese
Noun
tractor m (plural tractores)
- Superseded spelling of trator. (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)
Romanian
Etymology
From French tracteur.
Noun
tractor n (plural tractoare)
- tractor
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English tractor, formed from Latin tractus, perfect passive participle of trahere (“to pull”), + agent noun suffix -or.
Adjective
tractor (feminine tractora, masculine plural tractores, feminine plural tractoras)
- driving
Noun
tractor m (plural tractores)
- tractor
Related terms
- traer
Further reading
- “tractor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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