different between jars vs ears

English

Noun

jars

1. plural of jar

Verb

jars

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jar

French

Etymology

Probably from Frankish *gard (“spike, stick”) (with reference to the male's penis). See also however Gaulish garanos ("crane")

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?/

Noun

jars m (plural jars)

1. gander (male goose)

Related terms

• oie

Further reading

• “jars” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??z/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??z/

Noun

ears

1. plural of ear

Derived terms

Verb

ears

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ear

Anagrams

• AREs, ARSE, Ares, ERAs, Ersa, SERA, Sear, ares, arse, eras, rase, reas, sare, sear, sera

Old English

Alternative forms

• ærs

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?orsos. Cognate with Old Frisian ers, Old Saxon ars, Old High German ars, Old Norse ars ~ rass, and more distantly with Old Armenian ?? (o?, “ass”) and Modern Greek ???? (ourá, “tail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ??rs/, [æ??r?s]

Noun

ears m (nominative plural earsas)

1. butt, arse

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Middle English: ars, arce, ers, eres, hars, hers, aars
  • English: arse, ass
  • Scots: ers, airse