different between eardrum vs catt

English

Alternative forms

• ear drum

Etymology

ear +? drum

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????d??m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?i??d??m/
• Rhymes: -??d??m

Noun

eardrum (plural eardrums)

1. (anatomy) A thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear and transmits sound from the air to the malleus.

Synonyms

• membrana tympanica
• tympanic membrane

Translations

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kattuz. Cognate with Old Saxon katto, Old Norse k?ttr (Swedish katt), Old High German kazzo. A related word also existed in the Germanic languages with the feminine gender, represented in Old English by catte. The word appears to be related to Late Latin cattus as well as to similar words in the Slavic and Celtic languages, but the ultimate source is uncertain. See cat for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?tt/, [k?t]

Noun

catt m

1. cat

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: cat
  • English: cat
  • Scots: cat

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin cattus, from Latin catta, possibly from Afroasiatic, but see cat for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kat/

Noun

catt m (genitive caitt)

1. cat
   • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 10

     catt ab eo quod est cattus

Inflection

Derived terms

• caittín
• catán

Descendants

• Irish: cat
• Manx: kayt
• Scottish Gaelic: cat

Mutation

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “catt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language