ears

See also: EARs

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɪɹz/, /ɪəɹz/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪəz/, /ɪə(ɹ)z/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)z

Noun

ears

  1. plural of ear

Derived terms

Verb

ears

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ear

Anagrams

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁órsos. Cognate with Old Frisian ers, Old Saxon ars, Old High German ars, Old Norse ars ~ rass, and more distantly with Middle Armenian ոռ (oṙ, ass) and Modern Greek ουρά (ourá, tail).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æ͜ɑrs/, [æ͜ɑrˠs]

Noun

ears m

  1. butt, arse

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative ears earsas
accusative ears earsas
genitive earses earsa
dative earse earsum

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Palauan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ.

Pronunciation

Noun

ears

  1. (nautical) sail

References

  • ears in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
  • ears in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
  • ears in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 86.