different between eaves vs eares

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /i?vz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ivz/
• Homophone: eves
• Rhymes: -i?vz

Etymology 1

From Middle English eves (“projecting lower edge of a roof”) [and other forms], from Old English efes, yfes, *ofes (“edge of a roof”), from Proto-West Germanic *ubisu (“hall”), from Proto-Germanic *ubisw? (compare Gothic ???????????????????????? (ubizwa), Old High German obasa (“hall; porch; roof”)), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“above; over”) (whence over).

Noun

eaves pl (plural only)

1. (architecture) The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building.
2. (by extension) Something that extends over or projects beyond.

Alternative forms

• eave

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From eave +? -s, from a misinterpretation of the -s ending of eaves as forming a plural.

Noun

eaves

1. plural of eave

References

Further reading

• eaves on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• seave

English

Noun

eares

1. plural of eare

Anagrams

• Rease, easer, erase, saree