oreja

Catalan

Verb

oreja

  1. inflection of orejar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Finnish

Noun

oreja

  1. partitive plural of ori

Anagrams

Ladino

Alternative forms

  • oreža (Yugoslavia)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish oreja, from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula. Compare Portuguese orelha.

Noun

oreja f (Hebrew spelling אוריז׳ה)[1]

  1. (countable) ear (the organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea)
    Synonym: oido
    • 1982, Enrique Saporta y Beja, En torno de la torre blanca‎[1], Editions Vidas Largas, page 28:
      Djugava de oreja, i no tenia buena oreja !
      [Somebody] was playing by ear, and [they] did not have a good ear!

Derived terms

  • orejal

References

  1. ^ “oreja”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasure of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

  • oreia

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula. Compare Old Galician-Portuguese orelha.

Noun

oreja f (plural orejas)

  1. (countable) ear (the organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea)
    Synonym: oido
    • 1443, Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Cvruiosa y Ocvlta Filosofia. Primera, y Segvnda Parte de las marauillas de las naturaleza, examinadas en varias queſtiones naturales.‎[2], page 367:
      Los animales de grandes orejas, ò de agudo oydo, ſiruen contra el mal de los oydos, como las Liebres.
      Animals with great ears, or with great hearing, such as hares, withstand harm to the ears.

Descendants

  • Ladino: oreja, אוריז׳ה
  • Spanish: oreja

References

  • Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “oreja”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 371

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish oreja, from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula. Compare Portuguese orelha. Doublet of aurícula, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈɾexa/ [oˈɾe.xa]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -exa
  • Syllabification: o‧re‧ja

Noun

oreja f (plural orejas, diminutive orejita, augmentative orejón)

  1. (anatomy) outer ear; auricle
    Meronym: oído
    Me duelen las orejas.
    My ears hurt.

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