ears

See also: EARs and 'ears

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪəz/, /ɪə(ɹ)z/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪɹz/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)z

Noun

ears

1. plural of ear

Derived terms

• all ears
• between the ears
• jug ears
• prick up one's ears

Verb

ears

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ear

Anagrams

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

Old English

Alternative forms

• ærs

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

• earsende
• earsgang
• earsling
• earslȳre
• earsode
• earsþyrel
• openears

Descendants

• Middle English: ars, arce, ers, eres, hars, hers, aars
  • English: arse, ass
  • Scots: ers, airse
  • (from variant form hers) → Middle Welsh: hers
    • Welsh: hers

Palauan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ.

Pronunciation

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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.