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- (UK) IPA: /ɪə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /I@(r\)/
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- Homophones: -eer
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Middle English ere, from Old English ēare, from Proto-Germanic *auzōn, áusō (cf. West Frisian [[ear#Patrono:Fy|ear]], Dutch oor, German Ohr, Swedish öra), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ous- (cf. Old Irish [[áu, ó#Patrono:Sga|áu, ó]], Latin auris, Lithuanian ausìs, Russian уchо, Albanian vesh, Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs), Armenian unkn, Persian hoš).
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- (countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
- (countable) The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.
- (countable) (slang) A police informant.
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- From the movie The Enforcer.
- If you don’t cooperate, I’ll put it out on the street that you’re an ear.
- From the movie The Enforcer.
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Middle English er, from Old English ēar, from Proto-Germanic *axaz(an) (cf. West Frisian [[ier#Patrono:Fy|ier]], Dutch aar, German Ähre), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ék- 'sharp' (cf. Latin acus 'needle; husk', Tocharian B [[āk#Patrono:Txb|āk]] 'ear, awn', Old Church Slavonic ostĭ 'wheat spike, sharp point'). More at edge.
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Old English erian
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- (archaic) To plough.
- 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II
- That power I have, discharge; and let them go
- To ear the land that hath some hope to grow,
- For I have none.
- 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II
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Akin to Old Norse aur
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ēar m
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Proto-Germanic *ahiz, whence also Old High German ahir (German Ähre), Old Saxon ahar (Dutch aar), Old Norse ax. From a Proto-Indo-European root *ak ('pointed'); compare Latin acus "needle"
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ēar
- ear (of corn)
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ear n.
- earar:ear
ast:ear zh-min-nan:ear ca:ear cs:ear da:ear de:ear et:ear el:ear es:ear eu:ear fa:ear fr:ear gl:ear ko:ear hy:ear hr:ear io:ear id:ear it:ear kn:ear ka:ear kk:ear sw:ear ku:ear lo:ear lv:ear lt:ear li:ear hu:ear ml:ear my:ear nl:ear ja:ear no:ear oc:ear pl:ear ru:ear simple:ear sr:ear fi:ear sv:ear ta:ear te:ear th:ear tr:ear uk:ear vi:ear zh:ear
